| 100% | TICKET | 6 | Golden pass to Wonka factory won by Charlie Bucket |
| 41% | TICKET | 6 | "Golden" pass to Willy Wonka's chocolate factory, in fiction |
| 35% | TICKET | 6 | Golden item Charlie used to enter the factory |
| 28% | ELAPSE | 6 | To pass by, especially time |
| 27% | RABIES | 6 | Disease passed to humans by frothing biting dogs |
| 27% | CHARLIE | 7 | __ Bucket; Golden-ticket winning schoolboy |
| 27% | BUCKET | 6 | Charlie __, winner of Wonka's Chocolate Factory |
| 27% | GRANDPA | 7 | Charlie brought his to the chocolate factory |
| 27% | CHOCOLATE | 9 | Type of factory Charlie won |
| 27% | ELAPSE | 6 | Of time to pass by |
| 26% | TRIPLECROWN | 11 | What was won by the answer to each capitalized clue |
| 26% | CAMPAIGNS | 9 | Attempts by politicians to win elections |
| 25% | PLAYDIRTY | 9 | Try to win by cheating |
| 25% | RATEDPG | 7 | Like Wonka or Charlie and the Chocolate Factory |
| 25% | IDLE | 4 | ___ threat (one that won't come to pass) |
| 25% | CORPUSCHRISTI | 13 | "Miss ___," the title won by 18a before she moved to Hollywood: 2 wds. |
| 24% | MVP | 3 | Award won by Justin Verlander in 2011, in addition to the Cy Young: Abbr. |
| 24% | HEISMAN | 7 | ___ Trophy, award won by Vinny Testaverde in 1986 for outstanding contribution to college football |
| 24% | NOSE | 4 | Narrow amount to win by |
| 24% | BESTKISS | 8 | Award won by Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson every year from 2009 to 2012 |
| 24% | WOO | 3 | Attempt to win someone's heart by serenading them, maybe |
| 24% | HOG | 3 | Road ___ (driver who won't allow other cars to get by) |
| 24% | VETO | 4 | Governor's power to block a bill passed by the legislature |
| 24% | THECONTINENTAL | 14 | First song to win an Oscar, 1934 (written by Con Conrad) |
| 23% | GRANDPA | 7 | __ Joe, Charlie's companion on his tour of Wonka's chocolate factory |
| 23% | WIDER | 5 | What I seem to have gotten as the years have passed by |
| 23% | VETO | 4 | Mayor's thumbs-down to a bill passed by the city council |
| 23% | BAD | 3 | The seventh album by Michael Jackson, which went on to win two Grammys |
| 23% | ANOSE | 5 | Won by ___ |
| 23% | AHAIR | 5 | Won by __ |