| 100% | JAN | 3 | Start of the year: Abbr. |
| 85% | OCT | 3 | Start of the last quarter of the year: Abbr. |
| 76% | DEC | 3 | End of the year: Abbr. |
| 75% | ENERO | 5 | Start of the year, to a 63-Across |
| 74% | ENERO | 5 | Start of the Spanish year |
| 73% | OCT | 3 | Tenth month of the year: Abbr. |
| 73% | AUG | 3 | Eighth month of the year: Abbr. |
| 73% | MAR | 3 | Third month of the year: Abbr. |
| 73% | DEC | 3 | Last month of the year : Abbr. |
| 73% | JAN | 3 | First month of the year: Abbr. |
| 73% | FEB | 3 | Shortest month of the year: Abbr. |
| 73% | DEC | 3 | Last month of the year: Abbr. |
| 73% | FEB | 3 | Second month of the year: Abbr. |
| 73% | MON | 3 | Start of the school week: Abbr. |
| 73% | MON | 3 | Start of the typical workweek: Abbr. |
| 72% | NYE | 3 | Last celebratory occasion of the year: Abbr. |
| 68% | CMA | 3 | Group that named "Buy Dirt" its 2022 Song of the Year: Abbr. |
| 68% | CMA | 3 | Group that voted Luke Combs its 2021 Entertainer of the Year: Abbr. |
| 67% | NBA | 3 | Sports league with a Sixth Man of the Year Award: Abbr. |
| 67% | LPGA | 4 | Patti Tavatanakit was its Rookie of the Year for 2021: Abbr. |
| 66% | SEPT | 4 | The ninth month of the year: Abbr. |
| 66% | OCT | 3 | The tenth month of the year: Abbr. |
| 66% | MAR | 3 | The third month of the year: Abbr. |
| 66% | PETA | 4 | Animal-focused group that named Billie Eilish its 2021 Person of the Year: Abbr. |
| 66% | CMA | 3 | Group that named Keith Urban Entertainer of the Year in 2018: Abbr. |
| 65% | TIGER | 5 | Year of the ___ (It starts today!) |
| 65% | AUG | 3 | Eighth month of the year (abbr.) |
| 65% | SEPT | 4 | 9th month of the year (abbr) |
| 65% | DEC | 3 | Last month of the year (Abbr.) |
| 64% | LPGA | 4 | Group whose Players of the Year have included Lorena Ochoa and Karrie Webb: Abbr. |