| 100% | DETOX | 5 | Flush out unhealthy substances from the body (a resolution for the New Year) |
| 48% | DETOX | 5 | Removal of unhealthy substances from the body, for short |
| 35% | VED | 3 | Indian author ___ Mehta, a staff writer for The New Yorker for more than 30 years |
| 35% | PIER | 4 | Structure leading out from the shore into a body of water |
| 35% | WHITE | 5 | *He created a famous pig, and wrote for The New Yorker for more than fifty years |
| 34% | PIMP | 4 | "It's Hard Out Here for a ___" (song from the "Hustle & Flow" soundtrack) |
| 33% | HEALTHIERPROPHETS | 17 | Astrology forecast for the New Year? |
| 33% | CHEERS | 6 | Rallying words from fans in the stands, or a cry to mark the New Year's tradition of raising glasses |
| 33% | CHANGEFORTHEBETTOR | 18 | Gambler's desire for the New Year? |
| 32% | CHEEPERDELIVERY | 15 | Chicken farmer's goal for the New Year? |
| 32% | WHIRLEDTRADETORISE | 18 | Helicopter service's prediction for the New Year? |
| 32% | WECANANTICIPATEASERGE | 21 | Haberdasher's hopeful comment for the New Year? |
| 32% | GRATERINVENTORIES | 17 | Cheese shop's hope for the New Year? |
| 32% | ATOPSAILSYEAR | 13 | Boat store's wish for the New Year? |
| 32% | REHAB | 5 | Amy Winehouse's song from "Back to Black" which won a Grammy for Song of the Year |
| 32% | WINTERARC | 9 | Season-long alternative to a New Year's resolution, or what the letters in the shaded squares represent? |
| 32% | BRIDGET | 7 | "___ Jones' Diary," a film that gets its' main plot device from the events of a new year party |
| 32% | ASLEEP | 6 | Out like a light for the night |
| 32% | EGEST | 5 | Cast out from the body |
| 32% | NAOMI | 5 | Author Klein who wrote last year's "On Fire: The (Burning) Case for a Green New Deal" |
| 31% | RETOOL | 6 | Prepare for the new model year |
| 31% | BEAT | 4 | "___ It," a hit single from Michael Jackson's album in 16a that won a Grammy for "Record of the Year" |
| 31% | LESION | 6 | Word derived from the Latin word for injury that my six year old might refer to as a "boo-boo" |
| 31% | ABDUCT | 6 | Move a limb away from the body |
| 31% | CHAMPAGNEFLUTE | 14 | Glass frequently used for toasting the New Year |
| 31% | SPRING | 6 | __ Festival; a seasonal name for Chinese New Year |
| 31% | DIET | 4 | New Year's resolution for losers? |
| 31% | GOAL | 4 | New Year's resolution, for example |
| 31% | ATSEA | 5 | A ways out from the shore |
| 30% | TESTSFOR | 8 | Tries to detect, as a substance in the body |