| 100% | WAXINGCRESCENT | 14 | Moon phase typically seen on the last two nights of Chanukah |
| 39% | SYNE | 4 | Word sung on the last night of the year |
| 36% | GELLER | 6 | Last name of two of the friends on "Friends" |
| 36% | GELLER | 6 | Last name of two of the friends on “Friends” |
| 35% | PRISM | 5 | Iconic image seen on the cover of the Pink Floyd album "The Dark Side of the Moon" |
| 34% | PRISM | 5 | White light splitter seen on Pink Floyd's "The Dark Side of the Moon" album cover |
| 33% | OLIVE | 5 | Two of its branches are seen on the United Nations flag |
| 32% | ANNOY | 5 | Get on the last nerve of |
| 32% | LUNARYEAR | 9 | Unit of time based on the moon's phases |
| 32% | PHRASE | 6 | The last two words of this clue, for example |
| 32% | STEINSALE | 9 | *Bargain on the last day of Oktoberfest? |
| 32% | PELICAN | 7 | Bird seen on the flag of Louisiana |
| 32% | ACORN | 5 | Nut seen on the back of a dime |
| 32% | IVY | 3 | Plant seen on the walls of Wrigley Field |
| 32% | STAR | 4 | Shape seen on the Hollywood Walk of Fame |
| 32% | AIR | 3 | Word seen on the side of many planes |
| 31% | BUZZALDRIN | 10 | Lunar module pilot on the Apollo 11 mission and one of the first two humans to land on the moon: 2 wds. |
| 31% | OMISOKA | 7 | Japanese celebration on the last day of the year |
| 31% | ZEBRA | 5 | Image on the last page of an alphabet book |
| 31% | OCTOBER | 7 | Halloween is on the last day of this month |
| 31% | PLEIADES | 8 | Most obvious star cluster seen on the night sky |
| 31% | SPEAR | 5 | Weapon seen on the flags of Kenya and Swaziland |
| 31% | NYE | 3 | The last night of the year (initialism) |
| 31% | ADAM | 4 | He's seen on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel |
| 31% | RIFLE | 5 | Weapon seen on the back of the Massachusetts state quarter |
| 31% | CAPITOLDOME | 11 | Washington image seen on the back of a $50 bill |
| 31% | DRAGONS | 7 | They're seen on the flags of Bhutan and Wales |
| 31% | ALPS | 4 | Mountains seen on the packaging of Toblerone and Swiss Miss |
| 31% | WANING | 6 | Moon phase that's the reverse of waxing |
| 31% | NYE | 3 | The last night of the year, for short |