| 100% | JUNE | 4 | Month with the newest federal holiday, recognized in 2021 |
| 54% | JUNE | 4 | Month with the newest national holiday |
| 42% | MEGAN | 5 | ___ Thee Stallion, rapper with the hit "Savage" who won the Grammy for Best New Artist in 2021 |
| 41% | AUGUST | 6 | Month with no federal holidays |
| 40% | ALLIWANTFOR | 11 | With 33-Across, holiday tune that hit #1 on the Billboard charts in 2019, 2020, and 2021: 4 wds. |
| 40% | AUG | 3 | Month with no federal holidays (Abbr.) |
| 39% | LEA | 3 | Singer ___ Michele with the new album "Christmas in the City" |
| 39% | AUGUST | 6 | Summer month with no federal holidays |
| 38% | AUG | 3 | Summer month with no federal holidays (Abbr.) |
| 38% | NOV | 3 | Besides Jan., only month with two federal holidays |
| 38% | DRAGON | 6 | Raya adventured with the last one in 2021 |
| 38% | PURIM | 5 | Holiday in the month of Adar |
| 37% | OPEDS | 5 | The New York Times started calling them "guest essays" in 2021 |
| 37% | DECAGON | 7 | Month in the past, found new shape |
| 37% | JUNETEENTH | 10 | Commemoration of emancipation that became a federal holiday in 2021 |
| 37% | BOON | 4 | Island off Maine with the tallest lighthouse in New England |
| 37% | MEXICO | 6 | US state with the name of country in it, New __ |
| 37% | JANUARY | 7 | The month in which a new year starts |
| 36% | MEMORIAL | 8 | ___ Day, annual federal holiday in May in honor of the martyrs |
| 36% | EPISODIC | 8 | With a new show in the series each week |
| 35% | PHIL | 4 | Rodent in the news last month |
| 35% | ISLANDERS | 9 | New York team with four Stanley Cup wins in the 1980s |
| 35% | JUNETEENTH | 10 | Newest federal holiday |
| 35% | SILVERBELLS | 11 | Classic Christmas song with the lyric "City sidewalks, busy sidewalks, / Dressed in holiday style" |
| 35% | OPED | 4 | Term retired by the New York Times in 2021 in favor of "guest essay" |
| 35% | APR | 3 | Month when the Oscars are scheduled to be awarded in 2021 (Abbr.) |
| 35% | LINA | 4 | With 25 Across, Federal Trade Commission chair appointed in June 2021 |
| 34% | SOTO | 4 | Juan ___, baseball superstar who signed a 15-year, $765 million contract with the New York Mets in December 2024 |
| 34% | PHARISEES | 9 | With Scribes in the New Testament, opposed Jesus |
| 34% | SCRIBES | 7 | With Pharisees in the New Testament, opposed Jesus |