| 100% | ROSEBOWL | 8 | Annual NCAA championship game played on New Year's Day in 16-Across (2 wds.) |
| 62% | ROSEBOWL | 8 | College football championship game played on New Year's Day (2 wds.) |
| 61% | ROSEBOWL | 8 | College football game first played on New Year's Day in 1902: 2 wds. |
| 54% | ROSEBOWL | 8 | New Year's Day football game played in Pasadena: 2 wds. |
| 49% | ERNIEWISE | 9 | On New Year's Day in 1985, ___ made Britain's second public mobile phone call, to Vodafone: 2 wds. |
| 45% | EYEDPEAS | 8 | Black ___, eaten on New Year's Day in Southern United States to bring good fortune in the new year: 2 wds. |
| 35% | ROSEPARADE | 10 | Annual New Year’s Day event in Pasadena |
| 34% | BALLDROP | 8 | New Year's Eve celebration in Times Square commonly referred to as the ___: 2 wds. |
| 34% | FIESTA | 6 | ___ Bowl, annual NCAA game with a name that means "feast" in Spanish and that you may have watched on New Year's Day this year |
| 34% | ALONG | 5 | "___ Way Down," 2005 novel by Nick Hornby which begins on New Year's eve: 2 wds. |
| 33% | BALLDROP | 8 | Times Square action on New Year's Eve (2 wds.) |
| 33% | METSALLY | 8 | "When Harry ___," 1989 rom-com film starring Meg Ryan where the protagonists reunite on New Year's Eve: 2 wds. |
| 32% | TET | 3 | New Year's Day, in Hanoi |
| 32% | ROSEPETALS | 10 | Post-parade debris in Pasadena on New Year's Day |
| 32% | RULESOF | 7 | "___ Civility," 2011 novel by Amor Towles which begins on New Year's eve in 1937: 2 wds. |
| 32% | ONEONE | 6 | Date on New Year's Day |
| 32% | BOWL | 4 | New Year's Day game |
| 32% | SUGARBOWL | 9 | New Year's Day game |
| 32% | GATORBOWL | 9 | New Year's Day game |
| 32% | PEACHBOWL | 9 | New Year’s Day game |
| 32% | SUGARBOWL | 9 | New Year’s Day game |
| 31% | ORANGEBOWL | 10 | New Year's Day football game |
| 31% | KRISTENSTEWART | 14 | "Twilight" star who plays Sabina in 16-Across: 2 wds. |
| 31% | HANGOVER | 8 | Feeling on New Year's Day, for many |
| 31% | ROSEPARADE | 10 | New Year's Day event in Pasadena |
| 31% | LIAMHEMSWORTH | 13 | "The Hunger Games" actor who plays Jake Morrison in "Independence Day: 40-Across" (2 wds.) |
| 31% | TOMHOLLAND | 10 | Actor who plays Spider-Man in 16-Across: 2 wds. |
| 31% | SUPERBOWL | 9 | The NFL's annual championship game: 2 wds. |
| 30% | SNOWYBOWL | 9 | New Year's game in a blizzard? |
| 30% | ROSEPARADE | 10 | Annual New Year's Day event |