| 100% | SPYGAME | 7 | Robert Redford's last day in the CIA |
| 50% | NICKNOLTE | 9 | Robert Redford's "A Walk in the Woods" co-star (2 wds.) |
| 45% | FRI | 3 | Last day of the working week, in short |
| 43% | SANTA | 5 | Figure on the last float in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade |
| 42% | BAREFOOT | 8 | "___ in the Park" (Neil Simon film starring Robert Redford and Jane Fonda) |
| 42% | TUES | 4 | Election day in the U.S.: Abbr. |
| 42% | TUE | 3 | Election Day in the U.S.: Abbr. |
| 40% | CONDOR | 6 | "Three Days of the ___" (1975 Robert Redford film) |
| 40% | TWELFTH | 7 | In song, the last day of Christmas |
| 39% | DUST | 4 | "___ of Snow," Robert Frost poem on finding joy in little things, like light snowfall that brightens the poet's day |
| 39% | EVER | 4 | Last word in the Lord's Prayer, before "Amen" |
| 39% | TESSA | 5 | "Late in the Day" novelist Hadley |
| 39% | SHUT | 4 | Last word in the title of Kubrick's last film |
| 39% | IVAN | 4 | Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s “One Day in the Life of ___ Denisovich” |
| 39% | TREE | 4 | Last word in "The Twelve Days of Christmas" |
| 39% | PITT | 4 | Actor Michael who plays Kevin Cash in the upcoming Netflix movie "The Last Days of American Crime" |
| 39% | SANTA | 5 | VIP in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade |
| 39% | EEC | 3 | Trade grp. formed in the late 1950's |
| 38% | FRI | 3 | Last day in many workweeks (Abbr.) |
| 38% | SEPT | 4 | Last month in the U.S. government's fiscal year: Abbr. |
| 38% | CITY | 4 | Last word in the names of four U.S. state capitals |
| 38% | DOUGHBOY | 8 | Pillsbury balloon in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade |
| 38% | TROLLS | 6 | DreamWorks balloon in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade |
| 38% | BOYD | 4 | Woody's last name in the show, "Cheers" |
| 38% | HOUSECALL | 9 | *Doctor's visit, back in the day |
| 38% | IDES | 4 | Fateful day in the Senate |
| 38% | TUE | 3 | Election day in the USA |
| 38% | DENY | 4 | Last word in the song "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow" |
| 37% | TIS | 3 | Sole word in the last chapter of "Angela's Ashes" |
| 37% | STUBBLE | 7 | Short beard growth that's visible late in the day |