| 100% | TET | 3 | First day of the Lunar New Year, in Vietnam |
| 61% | TET | 3 | Vietnamese New Year, celebrated on the first day of the Lunar calendar |
| 56% | TET | 3 | Lunar New Year in Vietnam |
| 54% | ADVENT | 6 | & 18D First day of the liturgical year in Western Christianity, falling on any date between November 27 and December 3 |
| 53% | TET | 3 | Vietnamese New Year celebrated during the first seven days of the first lunar month of the year |
| 52% | CALENDS | 7 | First day of the month, in ancient Rome |
| 52% | CALENDS | 7 | First day of the month in Ancient Roman calendar |
| 49% | YOMKIPPUR | 9 | Holiest day of the year in Judaism |
| 48% | ENERO | 5 | First month of the year, in Spanish |
| 48% | BREAKFAST | 9 | First meal of the day, in the morning |
| 48% | APRIL | 5 | First month of the year with 30 days |
| 48% | MONDAY | 6 | The first day of Lent in Greece: Clean __ |
| 47% | LANTERN | 7 | ___ Festival (final day of the Chinese New Year) |
| 47% | JAN | 3 | First one of the twelve in the whole year (abbr.) |
| 47% | IREAD | 5 | First words of the Beatles' "A Day in the Life" |
| 47% | MIDSUMMER | 9 | The longest day of the year in June |
| 47% | SCROD | 5 | Catch of the day, say, in New England |
| 46% | MATTHEW | 7 | Author of the first Gospel in the New Testament |
| 46% | MARCH | 5 | Month that was the first of the new year in early 3-Down calendars |
| 46% | REDENVELOPE | 11 | Traditional Lunar New Year gift . . . and a feature of three answers in this puzzle |
| 46% | EVE | 3 | The day before Lunar New Year, for one |
| 45% | MDXI | 4 | Year of the first Spanish settlement in Cuba |
| 45% | TET | 3 | New Year in Vietnam |
| 45% | MATTHEW | 7 | First of the four Gospels in the New Testament |
| 44% | TIME | 4 | News magazine that runs a "Person of the Year" feature that released its first issue in 1923 |
| 44% | MONDAY | 6 | First day of the work week |
| 44% | EPACT | 5 | Difference in days between the lunar and solar year |
| 44% | MON | 3 | First day of the work week: Abbr. |