| 100% | YEARS | 5 | Candles on a cake symbolize these: Plural |
| 54% | AGE | 3 | Count of candles on a cake |
| 54% | AGE | 3 | What candles on a cake represent |
| 54% | AGE | 3 | What candles on a cake reveal |
| 54% | AGE | 3 | Number of candles on a cake |
| 54% | AGE | 3 | What candles on a cake may indicate |
| 54% | AGE | 3 | Number of candles on a cake, perhaps |
| 53% | ANNI | 4 | What candles on a cake represent in Calabria |
| 53% | AGE | 3 | Number of birthday candles on a cake, maybe |
| 52% | AGE | 3 | What the number of candles on a cake signify |
| 52% | AGE | 3 | What number of candles on a cake may represent |
| 52% | AGE | 3 | What number of candles on a cake may signify |
| 52% | YRS | 3 | What birthday candles on a cake represent, for short |
| 52% | AGE | 3 | What total number of candles on a cake represent |
| 52% | AGE | 3 | What the number of candles on a cake may represent |
| 52% | AGE | 3 | It may equal the number of candles on a cake |
| 52% | BDAY | 4 | Time to blow out the candles on a cake, informally |
| 51% | LIT | 3 | Like candles on a birthday cake |
| 51% | ONEHUNDRED | 10 | Number of candles on a cake for 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 51% | AGE | 3 | What candles on a birthday cake signify |
| 51% | AGE | 3 | What candles on a birthday cake reveal |
| 51% | AGE | 3 | Number of candles on a birthday cake |
| 51% | AGE | 3 | What candles on a birthday cake represent |
| 50% | AGE | 3 | It may be represented by the number of candles on a cake |
| 50% | AGE | 3 | What the candles on a birthday cake represent |
| 50% | AGE | 3 | What candles on a birthday cake might indicate |
| 50% | AGE | 3 | Number of candles on a birthday cake, often |
| 49% | AGE | 3 | What number of candles on a birthday cake means |
| 49% | AGE | 3 | Candle count on a cake |
| 49% | YEARS | 5 | Candle count on a cake |