| 100% | DIWALI | 6 | Indian "festival of lights" that's usually held in the Autumn |
| 47% | DIWALI | 6 | Multi-faith festival of lights in autumn |
| 44% | HOLI | 4 | Festival of colors in Hinduism that celebrates the arrival of spring |
| 44% | ACORN | 5 | The hard nut of an oak tree that falls in autumn |
| 43% | UVRAY | 5 | Bit of light that's harmful to the skin |
| 42% | INFRA | 5 | Range of light that's invisible to the human eye |
| 42% | ISLE | 4 | ___ of Wight Festival, music festival in the U.K. that is held annually in Newport |
| 41% | DUST | 4 | "___ of Snow," Robert Frost poem on finding joy in little things, like light snowfall that brightens the poet's day |
| 41% | WASABI | 6 | Condiment that's usually horseradish in the U.S. |
| 41% | PTA | 3 | Org. that's usually inactive in the summer |
| 41% | CAPO | 4 | Rank in the mafia that heads a crew of soldiers, once held by 18-Across |
| 41% | LEAF | 4 | Part of a tree that might fall off in the autumn |
| 41% | KEEPER | 6 | Small piece that holds the end of a belt in place |
| 40% | PROM | 4 | Formal school dance usually held in the spring |
| 40% | NICOBAR | 7 | — Islands, chain in the Indian Ocean that form, with the Andaman Islands, a Union Territory of India |
| 39% | PARKLIFE | 8 | Music festival in the U.K. that is held annually in Manchester |
| 39% | GLASTONBURY | 11 | Music festival in the U.K. that is held in Pilton, Somerset |
| 39% | TEE | 3 | Type of shirt that's usually not tucked in |
| 39% | DIVALI | 6 | Autumn festival of lights |
| 39% | PTA | 3 | ___ meetings are usually held in the evening after school hours : Abbr. |
| 39% | RONPAUL | 7 | Name in the news that's an anagram of OUR PLAN |
| 39% | EXIT | 4 | Sign that's usually lit up in a movie theater |
| 39% | ANTE | 4 | It's usually put in the middle of a table |
| 38% | DEFENSE | 7 | Cabinet department that's in charge of the military |
| 38% | LATITUDE | 8 | Music festival in the U.K. that is held annually in Henham Park, Suffolk |
| 38% | RAKE | 4 | Yard tool that's usually not necessary in the winter |
| 38% | HAT | 3 | Clothing item that's one of the tokens in Monopoly |
| 38% | ASPEN | 5 | Tree that's the name of a city in Colorado |
| 38% | ARGOS | 5 | Greek city that's one of the oldest in Europe |