| 100% | DROPPEDTHEBALL | 14 | Did or didn't perform a New Year's ceremony? |
| 48% | BROKETHERECORD | 14 | Did or didn't surpass a D.J.'s mark for accident-free days? |
| 45% | SHOTSUBPAR | 10 | Did or didn't play a good round of golf? |
| 43% | COUNTSDOWN | 10 | Does a New Year's Eve ritual starting with "Ten..." |
| 43% | THREE | 5 | (3/5) Part of a New Year's countdown... or a trio's number |
| 40% | WINTERARC | 9 | Season-long alternative to a New Year's resolution, or what the letters in the shaded squares represent? |
| 38% | TWO | 3 | (4/5) Part of a New Year's Countdown...or a duo's number |
| 38% | FOUR | 4 | (2/5) Part of a New Year's Eve countdown...or 2+2 result |
| 38% | ADDEDPUNCH | 10 | Did or didn't dilute the prom bowlful? |
| 37% | TWO | 3 | Pair count or the next number in a New Year's countdown (go to 45d to find out what you can do next year) |
| 37% | FOUR | 4 | Beatles count or the next number in a New Year's countdown (go to 35d to find out what you can do next year) |
| 37% | THREE | 5 | Trio number or the next number in a New Year's countdown (go to 37d to find out what you can do next year) |
| 37% | DIET | 4 | Many a New Year's resolution |
| 37% | BOWL | 4 | Many a New Year's Day game |
| 37% | SYNE | 4 | End of a New Year's classic |
| 37% | SYNE | 4 | End of a New Year's song |
| 37% | BADHABIT | 8 | Target of a New Year’s resolution |
| 37% | AULD | 4 | Word in a New Year's song |
| 37% | TEN | 3 | Start of a New Year's countdown |
| 37% | TEN | 3 | Start of a New Year's countdown! |
| 37% | TOOKAHIKE | 9 | Did or didn't participate in the Boy Scouts outing? |
| 37% | DREWALINE | 9 | Did or didn't agree to end the illustrators' strike? |
| 36% | SYNE | 4 | End of a New Year's Eve song |
| 36% | AULD | 4 | Word in a New Year's Eve song |
| 36% | ONE | 3 | Part of a New Year's Eve countdown |
| 36% | SYNE | 4 | End of a New Year’s Eve song |
| 36% | ONE | 3 | End of a New Year's Eve countdown! |
| 36% | FIVE | 4 | Middle of a New Year's Eve countdown! |
| 36% | TEN | 3 | Start of a New Year's Eve countdown! |
| 36% | COLLARD | 7 | ___ greens (food in a New Year's tradition) |