| 100% | HOST | 4 | Cara Santa Maria, for the "Talk Nerdy" podcast |
| 46% | PINTA | 5 | Companion ship for the Niña and Santa Maria |
| 39% | SHIPS | 5 | The Niña, Pinta, and Santa Maria, for example |
| 38% | ENO | 3 | Brian ___ who produced for the Talking Heads |
| 36% | GOAHEADITSYOURNICKEL | 20 | ''Thanks for the payment, now talk'' |
| 36% | ADDRESS | 7 | The North Pole, for Santa |
| 36% | SER | 3 | Talk for the flock: Abbr. |
| 34% | TRUECRIME | 9 | Genre for the podcast "My Favorite Murder": 2 wds. |
| 34% | DORISDAY | 8 | Hollywood star known for the 1959 film Pillow Talk |
| 34% | COHOSTS | 7 | Aubrey Gordon and Michael Hobbes, for the podcast "Maintenance Phase" |
| 34% | NUNNS | 5 | Belonging to Kendrick, who played for the Santa Cruz Warriors |
| 34% | HOST | 4 | Rebecca Nagle, for the "This Land" podcast |
| 34% | HOST | 4 | Shannon Beveridge, for the "Alphabet Club" podcast |
| 33% | HOST | 4 | Dr. Joy Harden Bradford, for the "Therapy for Black Girls" podcast |
| 33% | ELLEN | 5 | Talk show host known for dancing in the audience |
| 32% | ADA | 3 | Group that sponsors the podcast "Tooth Talk" (Abbr.) |
| 32% | PIPE | 4 | Prop for Santa Claus or Frosty the Snowman |
| 32% | MIC | 3 | Pass the ___ (let others talk for a change) |
| 32% | SMACK | 5 | Synonym for "trash" in the phrase "trash talk" |
| 32% | ALESSIA | 7 | Cara who won the Grammy for Best New Artist in 2018 |
| 32% | TOY | 3 | Santa Claus' gift for a child on the "nice" list, perhaps |
| 32% | NYTIMES | 7 | Publication that produces the podcast "The Daily," for short |
| 31% | INRED | 5 | How Santa dresses, for the most part |
| 31% | WSJ | 3 | News source with the podcast “Your Money Briefing,” for short |
| 30% | WOMEN | 5 | "___ Talking," drama film that won the 2023 Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay |
| 30% | DAYTIMEEMMY | 11 | 2018 award for "The Talk" |
| 29% | COPELAND | 8 | Stewart —, drummer for The Police; composer of film scores for Rumble Fish, Wall Street and Talk Radio |
| 29% | OESTE | 5 | Dirección that the Santa Maria sailed |
| 29% | LOLA | 4 | 1970 hit for the Kinks about someone who "walked like a woman but talked like a man" |
| 29% | NONCE | 5 | For the ___ |