| 100% | OFFLIMITS | 9 | What presents left under the Christmas tree are considered before Christmas morning, perhaps |
| 32% | PINENEEDLE | 10 | Item under the Christmas tree |
| 32% | PRESENTS | 8 | Items under the Christmas tree |
| 32% | GIFT | 4 | Present under a Christmas tree |
| 31% | GIFT | 4 | Wrapped-up surprise found under the Christmas tree |
| 30% | SPENDINGMONEY | 13 | What's left over after the bills are paid |
| 30% | GIFTS | 5 | They are found wrapped under a Christmas tree |
| 30% | NEEDLES | 7 | They might be found under a Christmas tree |
| 30% | CHOOCHOOTRAINS | 14 | Vehicles that may be under the Yuletide tree |
| 29% | ASH | 3 | What's left on the ground after a campfire is extinguished |
| 29% | TWAS | 4 | What comes before the night before Christmas? |
| 29% | NIGHTMARE | 9 | The __ Before Christmas was released in 1993 |
| 29% | IDLERS | 6 | Funny cars, right before the Christmas tree starts changing color |
| 29% | GHOSTLYPRESENTS | 15 | What's found under Casper's Christmas tree? |
| 28% | STUMP | 5 | What's left after a tree is chopped down |
| 28% | SASH | 4 | What the narrator "threw up" in "The Night Before Christmas" |
| 28% | BITEMARK | 8 | What may be left on the skin by an attacking dog |
| 28% | MELT | 4 | What a frozen treat will become if left in the sun |
| 28% | PRESENT | 7 | What might be set under the item hidden in this puzzle |
| 27% | OLD | 3 | "Decorating the tree is an age-___ tradition during Christmas." |
| 27% | RISE | 4 | What the sun will do tomorrow morning |
| 27% | TWEET | 5 | What a Twitter post was called before the app was renamed X |
| 27% | CANDYCANE | 9 | Christmas tree decoration ... or a hint to what the circled letters form |
| 27% | DUSTBUNNY | 9 | What a parent may think is under the [puzzle's central image] |
| 27% | MONSTER | 7 | What a child may think is under the [puzzle's central image] |
| 27% | CHRISTMAS | 9 | The holiday characterized by presents under a tree |
| 27% | PAST | 4 | What is neither the present nor the future |
| 27% | EVE | 3 | Christmas ___ (a day before the gifts are exchanged) |
| 27% | CHIRPING | 8 | What birds are usually doing in the morning |
| 27% | CROWING | 7 | What cockerels are heard doing in the mornings |