| 100% | SANTA | 5 | With 30-Across, annual visitor |
| 63% | SANTA | 5 | With 6-Across, annual visitor dressed in red |
| 56% | ONE | 3 | With 30-Across, sometime |
| 55% | FRANK | 5 | With 30-Across, is blunt |
| 54% | IVEHADIT | 8 | With 30-Across, shout of frustration |
| 54% | INDIA | 5 | With 30-Across, black writing fluid |
| 54% | WORKOUT | 7 | With 30-Across, regular exercise practice |
| 54% | POPCORN | 7 | With 30-Across, movie theatre machines |
| 53% | SALT | 4 | With 30-Across, they started in 1969 |
| 53% | STEFFI | 6 | With 30-Across, seven-time Wimbledon winner |
| 52% | ONTOPOF | 7 | With 30-Across, where to find a snowcap |
| 51% | LATCHKEY | 8 | With 30-Across, one with two working parents, maybe |
| 51% | DATA | 4 | With 30-Across, numbers displayed in rows and columns |
| 50% | SAVINGPRIVATE | 13 | With 30-Across, 1998 Tom Hanks war movie: 2 wds. |
| 50% | LOVETHEWAY | 10 | With 30-Across, 2010 Eminem hit featuring Rihanna: 3 wds. |
| 50% | EARTH | 5 | With 8-Across, annual environmental celebration |
| 49% | HAKUNA | 6 | With 30-Across, 1994 "The Lion King" song with Swahili lyrics |
| 49% | SHAGGY | 6 | With 30-Across, "Scooby-Doo" character first voiced by 17-Across |
| 49% | BESTOF | 6 | With 30-Across, 1975 #1 hit by the Eagles (2 wds.) |
| 49% | BASEBALL | 8 | With 30-Across, title soon to be held by Rob Manfred |
| 49% | STEPH | 5 | With 30-Across, 2014-2015 season NBA MVP from the Warriors |
| 49% | GOODADVICE | 10 | With 30-Down, what 17- and 62-Across are |
| 49% | LEI | 3 | With 41-Across, annual May 1 celebration |
| 48% | ROBERT | 6 | With 30-Across, singer with the 1986 #1 song “Addicted to Love" |
| 48% | TALKLIKEA | 9 | With 44-Across, annual celebration on 9/19 |
| 48% | NATIONAL | 8 | With 19-Across, annual evening for neighborhood gatherings |
| 47% | SANTA | 5 | Annual visitor |
| 47% | SAINTNICK | 9 | Annual visitor |
| 47% | ALYSSA | 6 | With 30-Across, "Mistresses" actress who was named a UNICEF Ambassador in 2003 |
| 47% | HOCUS | 5 | With 30-Across, 1993 Sarah Jessica Parker movie about a trio of witches |