| 100% | MISER | 5 | Heat ___ ("The Year Without a Santa Claus" character) |
| 90% | SNOW | 4 | ___ Miser ("The Year Without a Santa Claus" character) |
| 90% | HEAT | 4 | ___ Miser ("The Year Without a Santa Claus" character) |
| 73% | SNOWMISER | 9 | Brother of 11-Across in "The Year Without a Santa Claus" |
| 73% | HEATMISER | 9 | Brother of 24-Across in "The Year Without a Santa Claus" |
| 73% | HEAT | 4 | ___ Miser ("The Year Without a Santa Claus" brother who controls warm weather) |
| 51% | MYANMARCHINA | 12 | First month of the year without a U.S. federal holiday [Asia] |
| 47% | TOY | 3 | Santa Claus' gift for a child on the "nice" list, perhaps |
| 46% | ENERO | 5 | First month of the year, to many a 5-Down character |
| 40% | LAP | 3 | Seat for a Santa Claus visitor |
| 40% | HOS | 3 | Parts of a Santa Claus balloon |
| 40% | YES | 3 | "___, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus" |
| 39% | NORTHPOLE | 9 | Alaskan city with a Santa Claus Lane |
| 39% | TEENAGER | 8 | Many a character on "The Wonder Years" |
| 39% | NOLAN | 5 | The Man Without a Country |
| 39% | CARE | 4 | Without a ___ in the world |
| 39% | ELF | 3 | Santa Claus, in the Moore poem |
| 39% | LONESOME | 8 | Without a friend in the world |
| 39% | FATED | 5 | Without a choice in the matter |
| 39% | FAIR | 4 | Without a cloud in the sky |
| 39% | CAREFREE | 8 | Without a concern in the world |
| 39% | CAREFREE | 8 | Without a worry in the world |
| 39% | HAPPYGOLUCKY | 12 | Without a care in the world |
| 39% | HAPPYGLUCKY | 11 | Without a care in the world |
| 39% | AGEONE | 6 | The year following a first birthday |
| 38% | EDASNER | 7 | Santa Claus player in a 2003 comedy |
| 38% | GEORGE | 6 | ___ Buza, actor who played Santa Claus in the 2015 movie "A Christmas Horror Story" |
| 37% | GENIE | 5 | "Aladdin" character whose first line is "Oy! 10,000 years will give you such a crick in the neck!" |
| 36% | BREEZEIN | 8 | Enter without a care in the world |
| 36% | NOHOPERS | 8 | Ones without a chance in the world |