| 100% | YULE | 4 | With 52-Down, year-end fuel |
| 60% | RIB | 3 | With 52 Down, beef dinner |
| 51% | DAY | 3 | Ended a year with less time |
| 51% | SIXTH | 5 | With 52-Down, intuition |
| 50% | ONEINTEN | 8 | Chances that a year ends with any particular digit |
| 50% | AIR | 3 | With 52-Down, hangs out |
| 50% | HAM | 3 | With 52-Down, Sunday entree |
| 50% | PALE | 4 | With 52-Down, hoppy brews |
| 50% | TEN | 3 | With 52-Down, spare part? |
| 50% | SESAME | 6 | With 52-Down, bagel flavoring |
| 49% | DOB | 3 | Info ending with a year, briefly |
| 49% | ITS | 3 | With 52-Down, words of agreement |
| 49% | OSMIC | 5 | With 52-Down, microscopic staining compound |
| 49% | OLE | 3 | With 52-Down, a "grand" place |
| 49% | HECTOR | 6 | With 52-Down, "Symphonie Fantastique" composer |
| 49% | BOSTON | 6 | With 52-Down, paper since 1872 |
| 49% | ESE | 3 | Suffix with 52-Down |
| 48% | WASPS | 5 | With 52-Down, structure found under eaves |
| 48% | MABEL | 5 | With 52-Down, English-born cabaret singer |
| 48% | VENA | 4 | With 52-Down, passage to the heart |
| 48% | TEX | 3 | With 52-Down, Southwestern style of cuisine |
| 47% | THECURSEOF | 10 | With 59-Across, 80+ year jinx that ended in 2004 |
| 47% | ART | 3 | With 52-Down, 20's-30's design |
| 47% | PISA | 4 | With 52-Down, home of the Leaning Tower |
| 47% | MOJITOS | 7 | Drinks sometimes garnished with 52-Down |
| 46% | ERODE | 5 | Wear down that woman in East End with poem |
| 46% | OLSEN | 5 | With 52-Down, showbiz's Mary-Kate and Ashley |
| 46% | DOG | 3 | With 1-Across, what 20-, 34-, 42- and 52-Across end with |
| 45% | CHOU | 4 | With 52-Down, 39-Across leader from 1949 to 1976 |
| 44% | PER | 3 | With 4-Down, each year |