| 100% | SNOWMISER | 9 | Brother of 11-Across in "The Year Without a Santa Claus" |
| 88% | HEATMISER | 9 | Brother of 24-Across in "The Year Without a Santa Claus" |
| 64% | HEAT | 4 | ___ Miser ("The Year Without a Santa Claus" brother who controls warm weather) |
| 57% | SNOW | 4 | ___ Miser ("The Year Without a Santa Claus" character) |
| 57% | HEAT | 4 | ___ Miser ("The Year Without a Santa Claus" character) |
| 57% | MISER | 5 | Heat ___ ("The Year Without a Santa Claus" character) |
| 45% | NIK | 3 | Erendira's husband who walked across the Masaya Volcano in Nicaragua on a high wire in March of this year |
| 45% | CIRCA | 5 | Around the year of, in a history book |
| 43% | OUR | 3 | In the year of ___ Lord (what "A.D." signifies) |
| 43% | OUR | 3 | In the year of ___ Lord (what "A.D." means) |
| 43% | CDLI | 4 | A year in the life of Attila |
| 43% | MYANMARCHINA | 12 | First month of the year without a U.S. federal holiday [Asia] |
| 43% | WEFT | 4 | In weaving, yarn woven across the width of a fabric |
| 43% | MLI | 3 | A year in the life of St. Anselm |
| 42% | WEFT | 4 | In weaving, the yarn woven across the width of a fabric |
| 42% | MAGELLAN | 8 | Explorer of a route across the Pacific in 1521 |
| 41% | HARPER | 6 | Surname of the brothers in Two and a Half Men |
| 41% | OUR | 3 | In the year of ___ Lord |
| 41% | OUR | 3 | In the year of ___ Lord … |
| 41% | ODD | 3 | Like the number of years in a periodical cicada’s life cycle |
| 40% | ROAD | 4 | In the city of Ur you could have walked along a paved one of these 6,000 years ago |
| 40% | HOLE | 4 | Feature in the middle of a 6-Across |
| 40% | ZEPPO | 5 | One of the brothers in a garbage can on a ''Time'' cover (1932) |
| 40% | HARPO | 5 | One of the brothers in a garbage can on a ''Time'' cover (1932) |
| 40% | SIX | 3 | Half of a dozen or the next number in a New Year's countdown |
| 39% | CIRCUMFLEX | 10 | Mark in the intersection of 19-Across and 11-Down |
| 39% | FREDRICMARCH | 12 | Best Actor in a Leading Role Oscar winner for The Best Years of Our Lives |
| 39% | OOBLECK | 7 | Gooey green substance in the title of a 38-Across story |
| 39% | PINCENEZ | 8 | Pair of glasses without arms held in place by a clip that fits over the nose |
| 39% | ABSALOM | 7 | Brother of Tamar, in the Bible |