| 100% | EPISTLE | 7 | Any of the apostolic letters of Saints Paul, Peter, John, Jude or James in the New Testament |
| 43% | ZEBEDEE | 7 | Father of James and John in the New Testament |
| 35% | FEATUREARTICLE | 14 | In-depth news story, or any of the reviews mentioned in this puzzle? |
| 34% | BARTHOLOMEW | 11 | One of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus in the New Testament; patron saint of tanners |
| 33% | EPISTLES | 8 | Apostolic messages in the New Testament |
| 32% | APOSTLE | 7 | One of 12 in the New Testament |
| 32% | FOUR | 4 | Number of Gospels in the New Testament |
| 32% | GALATIA | 7 | Land visited by Paul in the New Testament |
| 32% | ELIZABETH | 9 | Name of Mary's sister in the New Testament |
| 31% | FLIGHT | 6 | "The ___ of the Phoenix," 1965 film starring James Stewart ... or part of a New Year's wish highlighted in this puzzle |
| 31% | BARABBAS | 8 | Robber in the New Testament released at the Passover instead of Jesus |
| 31% | CAIAPHAS | 8 | Jewish high priest in the New Testament; son-in-law of Annas |
| 31% | GOSPEL | 6 | Any of the first four books of the New Testament |
| 31% | PUNCTUATIONMARK | 15 | Any of the groupings of circled letters in this puzzle |
| 30% | DICKYBIRD | 9 | Peter or Paul in the nursery rhyme |
| 30% | TARSUS | 6 | City in southern Turkey and the birthplace of Saint Paul |
| 30% | SPECTOR | 7 | Paul __, or Peter Baldwin, killer in The Fall |
| 30% | ESS | 3 | Any of five letters in the above clue |
| 30% | VEDA | 4 | Any or all of the sacred writings of Hinduism written in early Sanskrit |
| 29% | ACTS | 4 | Fifth book of the New Testament, after John |
| 29% | LUKE | 4 | Author of the third Gospel in the New Testament |
| 29% | MATTHEW | 7 | Author of the first Gospel in the New Testament |
| 29% | MATTHEW | 7 | First of the four Gospels in the New Testament |
| 29% | EPHESIANS | 9 | Group in the name of a New Testament epistle |
| 29% | OIL | 3 | Aioli ingredient … or three of the letters in "aioli" |
| 28% | EPHESIAN | 8 | Recipient of a New Testament epistle attributed to Saint Paul |
| 28% | OVER | 4 | "O" in PTO, in the context of books or letters |
| 28% | TIRE | 4 | Bad thing to blow ... or what each of the circled letters in this puzzle represents |
| 28% | QUINT | 5 | Peter —, ghostly character in 1898 Henry James novella The Turn of the Screw |
| 28% | SEVEN | 5 | Number of letters in the title of any Juan Filloy novel |