| 100% | FREDASTAIRE | 11 | Santa player in "The Man in the Santa Claus Suit" |
| 61% | FRED | 4 | ___ Astaire, actor who played Santa Claus in the 1979 TV movie "The Man in the Santa Claus suit" |
| 51% | EKLAND | 6 | Bond girl player in "The Man With the Golden Gun" |
| 50% | SLOAN | 5 | Novelist Wilson who wrote "The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit" |
| 50% | GABARDINE | 9 | "The man in the __ suit is a spy": Paul Simon |
| 49% | LORRE | 5 | Player of the villain in "The Man Who Knew Too Much" |
| 48% | ELF | 3 | Santa Claus, in the Moore poem |
| 48% | ALLEN | 5 | Tim ___, who played Scott Calvin, an ordinary man who ends up becoming Santa Claus in the family comedy film "The Santa Clause" |
| 47% | EDASNER | 7 | Santa Claus player in a 2003 comedy |
| 46% | TIMALLEN | 8 | Santa player in "The Santa Clause" |
| 46% | TOMHANKS | 8 | Santa player in "The Polar Express" |
| 45% | AMANITA | 7 | Psychedelic mushroom whose color and role in Nordic shamanic rituals is believed by some to be the source of Santa Claus’s red-and-white suit |
| 42% | GHOSTS | 6 | They chase players in the Pac-Man game |
| 42% | SNOWMISER | 9 | Brother of 11-Across in "The Year Without a Santa Claus" |
| 42% | HEATMISER | 9 | Brother of 24-Across in "The Year Without a Santa Claus" |
| 41% | GEORGE | 6 | ___ Buza, actor who played Santa Claus in the 2015 movie "A Christmas Horror Story" |
| 41% | MOON | 4 | Man in the ___ |
| 41% | STEPHENKING | 11 | "Carrie" author who won a 1996 O. Henry Award for his short story "The Man in the Black Suit": 2 wds. |
| 41% | ZSAZSAGABOR | 11 | Twins player in "The Girl in the Kremlin" |
| 41% | LESLIE | 6 | ___ Nielsen, actor who played Santa Claus in the 1991 movie "All I Want for Christmas" |
| 41% | AVERAGE | 7 | Like the man in the street |
| 41% | JOHNSON | 7 | Marques ___, former NBA player who starred in the 1992 movie "White Men Can't Jump" |
| 41% | HIGH | 4 | "The Man in the ____ Castle" |
| 41% | EDASNER | 7 | Santa player in "Elf" |
| 41% | ASNER | 5 | Santa player in "Elf" |
| 41% | PRO | 3 | Player in the majors |
| 41% | MISTA | 5 | Man in the 'hood |
| 41% | PFC | 3 | Man in the mil. |
| 41% | JOHNQPUBLIC | 11 | Man in the street |
| 41% | MONK | 4 | Man in the hood? |