| 100% | UPTHECHIMNEYHEROES | 18 | Headline about firemen who rescued a stuck Santa? |
| 35% | UNBREAKABLE | 11 | With 29-Across, Netflix comedy about a woman who is rescued from a cult |
| 33% | DUMPSTRUCK | 10 | Headline about lightning hitting a landfill? |
| 33% | HEATHENSHEATHENS | 16 | Headline about a pagan rotisserie shop? |
| 33% | MALINGERS | 9 | Headline about a mother hanging around? |
| 33% | PICKLEBARESALL | 14 | Headline about a streaking cucumber? (war) |
| 33% | DUMPFOUND | 9 | Headline about a newly discovered refuse site? |
| 33% | HUMANITARIANREPAID | 18 | Headline about a philanthropist's settled loan? |
| 33% | MARCHPLANNEDFORAUGUST | 21 | Ambiguous headline about a protest? |
| 32% | HOTELSUITES | 11 | Headline about Hilton's claim against a guest? |
| 32% | PARENTING | 9 | Headline about a father moving into an apartment? |
| 32% | COPSHELPDOGBITEVICTIM | 21 | Ambiguous headline about a police action |
| 32% | MANGETSYEARINVIOLINCASE | 23 | Ambiguous headline about a stolen Stradivarius? |
| 32% | CITYSHOMELESSCUTINHALF | 22 | Ambiguous headline about a vagrancy statistic? |
| 32% | VOTERFRAMED | 11 | Headline about a falsely incriminated person casting a ballot? |
| 31% | FEDSDISCOVERCRACKINLA | 21 | Ambiguous headline about a California drug bust? |
| 30% | ANNEMORROW | 10 | Whom "LINDBERGH WEDS" in a '29 headline |
| 30% | COURTTOTRYBEATINGVICTIM | 23 | Ambiguous headline about a man charged with killing his attacker? |
| 30% | SECRETCODE | 10 | Who wrote a 2003 best seller about a ___? |
| 29% | PRANCER | 7 | Santa's reindeer who moved in a lively manner |
| 29% | TRUMAN | 6 | Whom "Dewey Defeats" in a classic Chicago Tribune headline |
| 29% | ARGO | 4 | Ben Affleck movie about a CIA rescue |
| 29% | ROUSSEAU | 8 | Philosopher who wrote about a social contract |
| 29% | ELTONJOHN | 9 | Musician who sang about a 77-Down |
| 29% | DIANEARBUS | 10 | Who said "A photograph is a secret about a secret" |
| 28% | MAO | 3 | Who said "In waking a tiger, use a long stick" |
| 28% | DOCTOR | 6 | "___ Who," a popular TV show about a time-traveller |
| 28% | TAFT | 4 | 27th President, who got stuck in a bathtub |
| 28% | ARGO | 4 | Oscar-winning 2012 film about a hostage rescue |
| 28% | ARGO | 4 | 2012 film about a covert rescue in Iran |