| 100% | SANTA | 5 | Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer's recruiter |
| 65% | SHINY | 5 | Like Rudolph the Reindeer's nose |
| 64% | GLOWS | 5 | Shines like Rudolph the Reindeer's nose |
| 64% | AUTRY | 5 | "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" singer |
| 64% | POEM | 4 | ''Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,'' at first |
| 64% | AUTRY | 5 | "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" singer Gene |
| 64% | BURL | 4 | "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" singer Ives |
| 62% | IVES | 4 | Burl who narrated "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" |
| 61% | ELF | 3 | What Hermey was, on "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" |
| 61% | ELF | 3 | Hermey of "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer," for one |
| 61% | ELF | 3 | Hermey is one in "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" |
| 60% | IVES | 4 | Singer/actor who narrated 1964's "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" |
| 60% | EVE | 3 | "Then one foggy Christmas ___ ..." ("Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" lyric) |
| 60% | GLEE | 4 | "As they shouted out with ___ ..." ("Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" lyric) |
| 59% | RUDOLPH | 7 | He's the red-nosed reindeer |
| 58% | RUDOLPH | 7 | The red-nosed reindeer |
| 56% | DONNER | 6 | Reindeer mentioned in "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" |
| 56% | RUDOLPH | 7 | "___ the Red-Nosed Reindeer," 1964 animated TV special about a reindeer with a glowing nose |
| 55% | NOSED | 5 | "Rudolph the Red-___ Reindeer" |
| 55% | NOSED | 5 | "Rudolph the Red-__ Reindeer" |
| 51% | RUDOLPH | 7 | The classic Red-Nosed Reindeer |
| 51% | RED | 3 | "Rudolph The ___ Nosed Reindeer," a famous children's Christmas carol |
| 45% | VIXEN | 5 | The fourth of Santa's eight reindeer (plus Rudolph!) |
| 45% | NOSED | 5 | "Rudolph the Red ___ Reindeer," a famed Christmas tale by Robert L. May from where the character originates |
| 45% | RED | 3 | "Rudolph, the ___-Nosed Reindeer" |
| 43% | OPERATION | 9 | Game in which the "patient's" nose is a red light bulb |
| 43% | REDNOSE | 7 | Distinguishing feature of Rudolph the reindeer (2 wds.) |
| 43% | RUDOLPH | 7 | Reindeer with a red, shiny nose |
| 43% | BURL | 4 | Ives of the stop-motion animation classic "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" |
| 42% | RUDOLPH | 7 | I am the "red-nosed" reindeer from a popular Christmas carol |