| 100% | COALS | 5 | Kind of rocks Santa may leave in a "naughty" one's stocking |
| 52% | COAL | 4 | What Santa leaves in a naughty kid's stocking |
| 42% | COAL | 4 | What Santa puts in a naughty kid's stocking |
| 40% | COAL | 4 | * Naughty child's gift that Santa may leave in 35a |
| 39% | MINT | 4 | Kind of leaves in a mojito |
| 39% | COAL | 4 | *Naughty child's gift that Santa may leave in 35a |
| 39% | ORAL | 4 | Kind of hygiene a dentist might be interested in |
| 39% | WAXWORK | 7 | One might stand in a chamber of horrors |
| 38% | ORIG | 4 | One may be left in a copier: Abbr. |
| 37% | CONE | 4 | A scoop of gelato might be served in one |
| 37% | CLUE | 4 | One may be left at the scene of a crime |
| 37% | LOUDSPEAKER | 11 | One may be put in the corner of a classroom |
| 36% | BODEGA | 6 | A cat may be seen inside of one (especially in NYC) |
| 36% | COAL | 4 | Stuff in a naughty kid's Christmas stocking |
| 36% | EGO | 3 | One may get in the way of a collaboration |
| 36% | SOUP | 4 | You might put a lot of stock in it |
| 36% | CENT | 4 | One left in a cashier's dish |
| 36% | COAL | 4 | Lump in a naughty child's Christmas stocking, supposedly |
| 35% | COAL | 4 | What's in a naughty child's Christmas stocking |
| 35% | DOUBLEPARK | 10 | Leave one's vehicle in a traffic lane, and an apt description of the answers to the starred clues |
| 35% | WAGONER | 7 | One who may be in charge of a team |
| 35% | ARENA | 5 | A court may be in the middle of one |
| 35% | TEACHER | 7 | One who might stand in front of a map |
| 35% | SMA | 3 | Kind of request in Burns's "To a Mouse" |
| 35% | KNEE | 4 | One might be found in a stocking |
| 35% | GUT | 3 | Kind of class that might get a nickname like Rocks for Jocks or Stars for Stoners |
| 35% | SHAMBLES | 8 | A state of disorder, one's life might be in them |
| 35% | CUER | 4 | One who might work in the wings of a theater |
| 35% | SINGAPORESLING | 14 | In a ___, there's at least one fluid ounce of ___ |
| 35% | ORANGE | 6 | *Citrus fruit that Santa may leave in 35a |