| 100% | RESTSEASY | 9 | Stops worrying on Christmas Eve about Santa's arrival overnight, perhaps |
| 36% | NOELFLYZONES | 12 | Santa's routes on Christmas Eve? |
| 35% | PEEK | 4 | Give in on Christmas Eve, perhaps |
| 34% | FULL | 4 | Like Santa's bag on Christmas Eve |
| 33% | SLEIGH | 6 | Santa's method of transport on Christmas Eve |
| 33% | SOOTY | 5 | Like Santa on Christmas Eve? |
| 31% | CHIMNEY | 7 | Entryway for Santa on Christmas Eve |
| 28% | SANTA | 5 | Traveler on Christmas Eve |
| 28% | TWAS | 4 | Opening on Christmas Eve? |
| 28% | STOCKING | 8 | Long sock hung up on Christmas Eve for Santa to fill with gifts |
| 28% | BEDTIMES | 8 | Parents' concerns on Christmas Eve |
| 28% | SANTA | 5 | He visits on Christmas Eve |
| 28% | SANTA | 5 | Chimney descender on Christmas Eve |
| 28% | STOCKING | 8 | Item hung on Christmas Eve |
| 28% | MASS | 4 | Midnight staple on Christmas Eve |
| 28% | CHECKINDESK | 11 | *Conventioneer's stop on arrival |
| 27% | LABOHEME | 8 | Opera that opens on Christmas Eve |
| 27% | MASS | 4 | Midnight ___ (Catholic service on Christmas Eve) |
| 27% | PEEK | 4 | Be naughty on Christmas Eve, say |
| 27% | SLEIGH | 6 | Vehicle that Santa travels in on Christmas Eve to deliver presents |
| 27% | MASS | 4 | Event held at midnight on Christmas Eve |
| 27% | SANTA | 5 | Milk and cookies recipient on Christmas Eve |
| 26% | AIDA | 4 | Opera that premiered on Christmas Eve of 1871 |
| 26% | YULELOG | 7 | Log traditionally burnt on Christmas Eve (2 wds) |
| 26% | FRIEDCARP | 9 | Eastern European oil-cooked fish on Christmas Eve |
| 26% | CAROLED | 7 | Went door-to-door on Christmas Eve, say |
| 26% | THAT | 4 | "They know ___ Santa's on his way" ("The Christmas Song" lyric) |
| 26% | EELS | 4 | They're traditionally eaten on Christmas Eve in Italy |
| 26% | CHIMNEY | 7 | Roof vent that Santa may enter from on Christmas Eve |
| 26% | SLEEP | 5 | What Santa doesn't get much of on Christmas Eve |