| 100% | ALLISCALM | 9 | What follows "Silent night, holy night.." in the popular Christmas carol: 3 wds. |
| 42% | THEGREATGONZO | 13 | Blue Muppet who plays Charles Dickens in "The Muppet Christmas Carol" (3 wds.) |
| 39% | KERMITTHEFROG | 13 | Green Muppet who played Bob Cratchit in the 1992 film "The Muppet Christmas Carol" (3 wds.) |
| 38% | SASH | 4 | What the narrator "threw up" in "The Night Before Christmas" |
| 37% | MICHAELCAINE | 12 | Actor who played Ebenezer Scrooge in "The Muppet Christmas Carol" (2 wds.) |
| 36% | AWAYINAMANGER | 13 | Christmas carol with the lyrics "Bless all the dear children / In your tender care" (4 wds.) |
| 36% | SILENT | 6 | Popular Christmas carol, "___ Night" |
| 36% | GEORGECSCOTT | 12 | Actor who played Ebenezer Scrooge in 1984's "A Christmas Carol" (3 wds.) |
| 35% | FALLOUTBOY | 10 | "My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light Em Up)" emo band: 3 wds. |
| 35% | SILENTNIGHT | 11 | Christmas carol with the lyrics "Round yon virgin mother and child / Holy infant so tender and mild" (2 wds.) |
| 35% | MICHAELCAINE | 12 | Actor who played Scrooge in 1992's "The Muppet Christmas Carol" (2 wds.) |
| 34% | SOMEONELIKEYOU | 14 | 2011 follow-up to "Rolling in the Deep" that was Adele's second straight #1 single: 3 wds. |
| 34% | GOESTOBED | 9 | Turns in for the night (3 wds.) |
| 34% | METYOURMOTHER | 13 | "How I ___," a popular TV series in which John Lithgow appeared as the father of Barney Stinson: 3 wds. |
| 33% | TICKLEMEELMO | 12 | "Sesame Street" doll that was very popular in the 1990s (3 wds.) |
| 33% | BENNYTHEBULL | 12 | Mascot of the Chicago Bulls, whose antics led to Forbes naming him as the most popular mascot in 2013: 3 wds. |
| 33% | GAY | 3 | Like the apparel in a certain Christmas carol |
| 33% | SCROOGE | 7 | The famous miser in Dickens' A Christmas Carol |
| 33% | AWHILEAGO | 9 | Some time in the distant past: 3 wds. |
| 33% | FOOTPATH | 8 | What to follow in the forest |
| 33% | SOLDIERSOFTHE | 13 | "Captain Power and the ___ Future," 1987 Canadian-American sci-fi series set in the 22nd century following a cybernetic revolt: 3 wds. |
| 33% | LESLIEODOMJR | 12 | Nominee for the Best Supporting Actor and Best Original Song Oscars for his work in "One Night in Miami ...": 3 wds., abbr. |
| 33% | TINYTIM | 7 | Boy in "A Christmas Carol": 2 wds. |
| 32% | REBIRTH | 7 | What follows death in the samsara cycle |
| 32% | SPECKS | 6 | What stars are in the night sky |
| 32% | ISLEOFMAN | 9 | Small, self-governing territory in the Irish Sea: 3 wds. |
| 32% | THEWATERDANCER | 14 | 2019 surrealist novel set in the antebellum South: 3 wds. |
| 32% | SCROOGE | 7 | The penny-pinching miser in A Christmas Carol |
| 32% | TINYTIM | 7 | Sickly child in "A Christmas Carol": 2 wds. |
| 32% | SHARKSANDJETS | 13 | The two gangs in 15-Across: 3 wds. |