| 100% | JOYTOTHEWORLD | 13 | Popular carol, whose first phrase can be hummed using the circled pitches (from top to bottom) |
| 29% | WENCESLAS | 9 | I am a "good" ruler from a popular Christmas carol who gives alms to the poor |
| 29% | HEMP | 4 | Plant-based milk made from seeds of the plant whose fiber is used to make ropes |
| 29% | RINSECYCLE | 10 | Part of washing ... or what's exhibited by the circled letters from top to bottom |
| 28% | COIN | 4 | Be the first to use |
| 28% | YOYO | 4 | It can be used to walk the dog |
| 27% | HEAD | 4 | The first blank in this phrase: From ___ to ___ |
| 27% | DESPACITO | 9 | 2017 chart-topping hit whose YouTube video was the first to reach 3 billion views |
| 27% | HEIGHT | 6 | From top to bottom |
| 27% | PANAM | 5 | Bygone airline whose first flight was from Key West to Havana |
| 27% | PURPLE | 6 | The most popular carrots used to be this color |
| 27% | THORO | 5 | From top to bottom, informally |
| 26% | SHE | 3 | "___ Used To Be Mine" (song from the musical "Waitress") |
| 26% | LODESTONE | 9 | It was used to make the first compass |
| 26% | POISON | 6 | 1980s hair band whose first Top 20 hit was "Talk Dirty to Me" |
| 26% | TARP | 4 | Durable sheet that could be used to protect items from rain, for short |
| 26% | DEPTH | 5 | Distance from top to bottom |
| 26% | SPOONERISMS | 11 | What 18-, 25-, 37- and 52-Across all are (whose circled letters name something used with the base phrases) |
| 26% | DEEP | 4 | Relatively thick from top to bottom |
| 26% | SAFE | 4 | To be on the ___ side, phrase you may use to avoid unnecessary risks |
| 26% | YOUMIGHTTHINK | 13 | The Cars Top 10 hit whose video features 44-Across as a housefly (and was the first to win the MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year) (3 wds.) |
| 26% | RUDOLPH | 7 | I am the "red-nosed" reindeer from a popular Christmas carol |
| 26% | SANKA | 5 | Brand whose name is derived from the French phrase "sans caféine" |
| 26% | ELON | 4 | North Carolina university whose mascot used to be the Fightin' Christians |
| 26% | NAMETHEONE | 10 | Start of a brainteaser whose answer appears in order, from top to bottom, in this puzzle's circled squares |
| 25% | DOWNWARDS | 9 | Moving or pointing from top to bottom |
| 25% | MOTLEYCRUE | 10 | 1980s hair band whose first Top 20 hit was "Smokin' in the Boys Room" (2 wds.) |
| 25% | SLOE | 4 | Fruit from a plant whose wood is used to make walking sticks |
| 25% | SHAKESPEARE | 11 | Whom the first use of the nine long adjectives is credited to |