| 100% | KWANZAA | 7 | Holiday created in the wake of the Watts riots |
| 59% | UAR | 3 | Map inits. created in the wake of the Suez Crisis |
| 58% | EPA | 3 | Org. created in the wake of "Silent Spring" |
| 49% | AFTER | 5 | In the wake of |
| 47% | ADA | 3 | Legislation signed in the wake of the Capitol Crawl: Abbr. |
| 46% | EPA | 3 | Org. established in the wake of the 1969 Cuyahoga River fire |
| 45% | PURIM | 5 | Holiday in the month of Adar |
| 43% | WWI | 3 | Conflict that began in the wake of Franz Ferdinand’s assassination: Abbr. |
| 42% | ALARM | 5 | Method of waking up in the style of Royal Marines |
| 42% | NUNAVUT | 7 | Territory of Canada created in 1999 out of the eastern portion of the Northwest Territories |
| 42% | BACON | 5 | Actor Kevin who plays himself in "The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special" |
| 42% | OSBORNEHOUSE | 12 | Holiday home on the Isle of Wight where Queen Victoria died in 1901 |
| 41% | HAMAN | 5 | Villain in the Jewish holiday of Purim |
| 41% | UBOAT | 5 | Menace in "Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania" |
| 40% | MLK | 3 | Initials of the man whose holiday is in mid-January |
| 40% | KAZOOS | 6 | Ones creating a lot of buzz in the music industry? |
| 39% | DANA | 4 | Author Spiotta who wrote “Wayward,” about a woman who flees her suburban family life in the wake of the 2016 Presidential election (July, 2021) |
| 39% | MEMORIAL | 8 | ___ Day, annual federal holiday in May in honor of the martyrs |
| 39% | JUNETEENTH | 10 | American holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States |
| 39% | MLK | 3 | Initials of the man with a January holiday in the US |
| 39% | RIAN | 4 | Director of Daniel in the upcoming film Wake Up Dead Man |
| 39% | MLK | 3 | Initials of the reverend with a January holiday in his honor |
| 38% | MLK | 3 | Initials of the civil rights leader whose holiday is celebrated in January |
| 38% | TORRIGIANO | 10 | Pietro —, sculptor who created the tomb of Margaret Beaufort in Westminster Abbey |
| 38% | ITCY | 4 | Body of the UN created in 1993 to prosecute war crimes (abbr.) |
| 38% | CINNAMON | 8 | Spice used in some "rolls" that may remind you of the holidays |
| 38% | DOWNWIND | 8 | In the direction of the breeze |
| 38% | ABAFT | 5 | In the direction of the stern |
| 38% | SHOREWARD | 9 | In the direction of the beach |
| 38% | SUBJECTIVE | 10 | In the eye of the beholder |