| 100% | ATNIGHT | 7 | When Santa and the tooth fairy are most active |
| 56% | REAL | 4 | What Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy are not |
| 38% | SBS | 3 | Abbr. for the phenomenon when nonspecific symptoms are reported by many people in new homes and offices |
| 35% | SPRIESTSPRITES | 14 | Most flexible and limber of all the fairy kin? |
| 35% | LOWTIDE | 7 | When the most beach sand is visible: 2 wds. |
| 35% | EQUINOX | 7 | When day and night are approximately the same duration |
| 34% | FORTIES | 7 | When Velcro, the Frisbee and Tupperware were invented |
| 34% | SEVENTEENEIGHTY | 15 | When the American Academy of Arts and Sciences was founded |
| 34% | DEC | 3 | Month when many Santa temps are hired: Abbr. |
| 34% | DEC | 3 | Month when many Santa temps are hired (abbr.) |
| 34% | EMOJI | 5 | Red Heart and Fire are among the most used |
| 33% | TUESDAY | 7 | Time on the calendar when many tacos are devoured |
| 33% | COLUMBUS | 8 | His ships were the Niña, Pinta and Santa Maria |
| 33% | ETA | 3 | When the pilot and flight crew are set to land, for short |
| 33% | COD | 3 | Fish whose most plentiful species are the "Atlantic" and "Pacific" |
| 33% | LOIS | 4 | When I discovered that my son's school was built on a toxic waste dump, I fought for the cleanup of Love Canal and got more than 800 families evacuated |
| 32% | BEDPOSTS | 8 | Shot when the 7 and 10 pins are split in bowling |
| 32% | ASIA | 4 | Where most of the world's rice and tea is grown |
| 32% | POE | 3 | Who wrote "It was many and many a year ago, / In a kingdom by the sea ..." |
| 32% | ERA | 3 | The Reconstruction ___, when the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the Constitution were adopted |
| 32% | SPLIT | 5 | Arrangement when only the 7 and 10 pins are standing, in bowling |
| 32% | STAR | 4 | Earendel, discovered in 2022, is the earliest and most distant known one |
| 32% | SCAR | 4 | Disney villain who sings the lyric “My teeth and ambitions are bared” |
| 32% | NOON | 4 | Time of the day when the sun is fully up and about |
| 31% | CROW | 4 | Raven relative that symbolizes the "Third Eye" and is featured in many folklores |
| 31% | TET | 3 | Holiday when sweeping and emptying the trash are considered bad luck |
| 31% | ANNABELLEE | 10 | Classic poem that begins "It was many and many a year ago / In a kingdom by the sea" |
| 31% | LEAGUELEADERS | 13 | Many championship-bound teams, or what the starts of 17-, 20-, 58-, and 64-Across are |
| 31% | CHILLEDWITHFEAR | 15 | "... and when I hand-deliver a package, the recipients are positively ___ - it's very satisfying!" |
| 31% | YESES | 5 | Expected replies when the kids are asked, "Is anyone up for more ice cream?" |