| 100% | INVITEONLY | 10 | Like an event whose attendees must be on the list |
| 37% | AIL | 3 | Be on the disabled list, say |
| 36% | COAL | 4 | What Santa brings those who are on the naughty list |
| 36% | HUNT | 4 | Be on the lookout for, as an animal |
| 35% | NEWYORKMARATHON | 15 | Event held on the first Sunday in November, and whose path is recreated in this puzzle |
| 34% | ATSTAKE | 7 | On the line, like money being wagered |
| 34% | RAGINGBULL | 10 | Animal that may be on the verge of an attack |
| 33% | FREEFORREXALL | 13 | Stipulation that things are on the house at an old drugstore? |
| 33% | SUBURBAN | 8 | Like an area on the outskirts of a city |
| 33% | NUMB | 4 | Like an arm that's been slept on, perhaps |
| 33% | PENTIUM | 7 | Intel chip whose name sounds like an element on the periodic table |
| 33% | NUMB | 4 | Like an arm that's been slept on too long |
| 33% | ATTEND | 6 | Go to an event like the Oscars, say |
| 33% | EPEE | 4 | Fencing event whose target is the entire body |
| 33% | ACTOR | 5 | Person whose focus may be on the line |
| 32% | STEVEJOBS | 9 | Apple cofounder who was on the Time 100 list five times: 2 wds. |
| 32% | SEATBELTS | 9 | Must be fastened when the sign is lit on a plane |
| 32% | NBAFINALS | 9 | Event whose winner is awarded the Larry O'Brien Championship Trophy |
| 32% | ANON | 4 | Like an old saying whose originator is lost to history: Abbr. |
| 32% | IRAQ | 4 | Republic on the Persian Gulf whose capital is Baghdad |
| 32% | GALA | 4 | The MET ___ is an annual fundraising event |
| 32% | FREE | 4 | Like things that are on the house |
| 32% | OPRAHWINFREY | 12 | Media queen who has been on the Time 100 list 10 times: 2 wds. |
| 32% | ANGELAMERKEL | 12 | German chancellor who has been on the Time 100 list eight times: 2 wds. |
| 32% | MARKZUCKERBERG | 14 | Facebook cofounder who's been on the Time 100 list four times: 2 wds. |
| 32% | JEFFBEZOS | 9 | Amazon founder who's been on the Time 100 list five times: 2 wds. |
| 32% | ZIA | 3 | Tribe whose sun symbol is on the New Mexico flag |
| 32% | HILLARYCLINTON | 14 | Former First Lady who has been on the Time 100 list 10 times: 2 wds. |
| 31% | ANT | 3 | Sugar on the table is an open invitation to this insect |
| 31% | NICEST | 6 | Like the top names on Santa's list, perhaps |