| 100% | NOEL | 4 | Word sung four times before "Born is the King of Israel" |
| 72% | NOEL | 4 | Word repeatedly sung before "Born is the king of Israel" |
| 63% | NOELNOEL | 8 | Words heard before “Born is the King of Israel” |
| 44% | MERRILY | 7 | "Row, row, row your boat" word sung four times before "Life is but a dream" |
| 40% | MERRILY | 7 | Word repeated four times before "Life is but a dream," in "Row, Row, Row Your Boat" |
| 39% | ISTHISLOVE | 10 | 1978 Bob Marley hit whose title words are sung four times before "... that I'm feelin'" |
| 39% | RANG | 4 | The bell ___ four times before it was all over. |
| 39% | ROOT | 4 | Word sung three times before "for the home team" in "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" |
| 39% | RULED | 5 | Was the king of |
| 37% | SANS | 4 | Word repeated four times in the last line of Shakespeare's "All the world's a stage" speech |
| 36% | DNA | 3 | " ___ is the king of molecules"; gene code initials |
| 36% | THETHING | 8 | Member of the Fantastic Four who was born Ben Grimm: 2 wds. |
| 36% | BEGAT | 5 | Word appearing 39 times in the King James Version of Matthew 1 |
| 36% | NOELNOEL | 8 | Words that precede "Born is the King ..." |
| 35% | ROW | 3 | Word sung three times before "your boat" |
| 35% | AIDA | 4 | The King of Egypt sings in it |
| 35% | THY | 3 | Word used three times in the first four lines of the Lord's Prayer |
| 35% | LEO | 3 | Zodiac sign whose symbol is the king of the jungle |
| 35% | WESTERN | 7 | Louis L'Amour is the king of this book genre |
| 35% | YOU | 3 | Word representing individual content creators on the Internet who were declared Time "Person of the Year" in 2006 |
| 34% | SAUL | 4 | First king of Israel in the Old Testament |
| 34% | SOLOMON | 7 | Old Testament King of Israel, built the 1st temple |
| 34% | HIDEINPLAINSIGHT | 16 | What words concealed by the other four longest Across answers do ... and also, what each of them is |
| 33% | NOR | 3 | Word appearing four times in the Fifth Amendment |
| 33% | TARZAN | 6 | King of the jungle, his consort is Jane |
| 33% | ODYSSEUS | 8 | A legendary Greek featured in Homer's epic poem, who was the King of Ithaca |
| 33% | ESSENCE | 7 | Time is of the __ |
| 33% | SYNE | 4 | Word sung on the last night of the year |
| 33% | SOLOMON | 7 | King of ancient Israel believed to be very wise |
| 33% | NOWIKNOWMYABCS | 14 | Words sung to the beginning of 41-/39-Across |