| 100% | NOELNOEL | 8 | Words that precede "Born is the King ..." |
| 57% | NOELNOEL | 8 | Words heard before “Born is the King of Israel” |
| 56% | GEE | 3 | Word that precedes whiz when someone is surprised |
| 56% | ONLY | 4 | Sales word that precedes the price |
| 55% | NOELNOEL | 8 | Carol words before "Born is the King of Israel" |
| 54% | NOEL | 4 | Word repeatedly sung before "Born is the king of Israel" |
| 54% | LAST | 4 | Word that precedes 5-Down in the new "Star Wars" title |
| 54% | ANTONYM | 7 | Word that is the opposite of another |
| 53% | DING | 4 | Word that precedes "Dong" or follows "Ring" in the snack cake aisle |
| 53% | GEN | 3 | Short word that precedes X, Y for eras when born |
| 53% | ANTONYMS | 8 | Words that mean the opposite are known as __ |
| 53% | LAD | 3 | "Carry the ___ that's born to be king" ("Skye Boat Song" line) |
| 52% | NOEL | 4 | Word sung four times before "Born is the King of Israel" |
| 52% | SHEE | 4 | Fairy-like Irish being that lives underground or in an alternate universe and which is sometimes preceded by the word "ban" |
| 51% | PLAY | 4 | Word that can precede each half of the starred answers |
| 51% | STAR | 4 | Word that might precede Trek or Wars at the movies |
| 51% | TIME | 4 | Word that can be ''framed'' by the longest Across answers |
| 51% | HELLO | 5 | Word that precedes "Is anybody home?" |
| 51% | BIENVENUE | 9 | Word that might be in the introduction to a French textbook |
| 51% | OUI | 3 | French word that is the opposite of 14-Across |
| 51% | NON | 3 | French word that is the opposite of 2-Down |
| 51% | ESTD | 4 | Abbr. that precedes the year a business was founded |
| 50% | AND | 3 | The word that ampersands are used for |
| 50% | GREATWHITE | 10 | Words that can precede the starts of 20-, 29- and 45-Across |
| 50% | LIE | 3 | Word that would be more grammatical in the title "Lay, Lady, Lay" |
| 49% | CHRISTMAS | 9 | Word that can precede the starts of eight key words in this puzzle |
| 49% | FRENCH | 6 | Word that can precede the start of 20-, 35-, 43- or 58-Across |
| 49% | POT | 3 | Word that may precede the beginning of 17-, 26-, 42- or 56-Across |
| 49% | FRENCH | 6 | Word that can precede the starts of 20-, 28-, 46- and 57-Across |
| 49% | SOMETHING | 9 | Word that can precede the starts of 18-, 20-, 53- and 58-Across |