| 100% | LIONDANCE | 9 | Performance at a Lunar New Year parade |
| 63% | WHATADRAGON | 11 | Exclamation at a Chinese New Year parade? |
| 53% | LIONDANCE | 9 | Lunar New Year performance |
| 51% | NEWMOON | 7 | Lunar New Year begins with a __ |
| 45% | AULD | 4 | Word sung at a New Year's Eve party |
| 45% | DANCEBAND | 9 | Music group at a New Year's Eve party |
| 45% | AULD | 4 | Word heard at a New Year's Eve party |
| 45% | BRUT | 4 | Champagne choice at a New Year’s Day brunch |
| 45% | REDENVELOPE | 11 | Traditional Lunar New Year gift . . . and a feature of three answers in this puzzle |
| 44% | PARTYHAT | 8 | Headwear worn at a New Year's Eve bash: 2 wds. |
| 43% | DRAGONDANCE | 11 | Colorful event during a Chinese New Year parade (2 wds.) |
| 42% | TET | 3 | Lunar New Year |
| 42% | TETS | 4 | Lunar New Years |
| 41% | TET | 3 | Lunar New Year celebration |
| 41% | MOONCAKES | 9 | Lunar New Year treats |
| 41% | TET | 3 | Lunar New Year in Vietnam |
| 40% | {BELL}YDANCING | 14 | Performance at a Moroccan restaurant, perhaps |
| 40% | TET | 3 | Vietnamese lunar new year |
| 40% | TETNGUYENDAN | 12 | Vietnamese Lunar New Year |
| 39% | DRAGONS | 7 | Chinese New Year parade regulars |
| 39% | MATINEE | 7 | Early performance at a cinema |
| 39% | ENCORE | 6 | Bonus performance at a concert |
| 39% | HULA | 4 | Dance performance at a luau |
| 39% | ENCORES | 7 | Extra performances at a concert |
| 38% | DROP | 4 | With 5-Down and 2-Down, mess up at a critical moment ... or participate in a New Year's Eve tradition? |
| 38% | EVE | 3 | The day before Lunar New Year, for one |
| 38% | LIONS | 5 | Creatures portrayed in some Lunar New Year dances |
| 37% | LIONDANCE | 9 | Chinese New Year performance |
| 37% | BRIDGET | 7 | "___ Jones's Diary," 1996 novel by Helen Fielding in which the titular character meets her lover at a New Year's party |
| 37% | SYNE | 4 | End of a song at a New Year's Eve party |