| 100% | ADOG | 4 | "...knick-knack, paddy whack, give ___..." (nursery rhyme lyrics): 2 wds. |
| 50% | ONEA | 4 | "Hot cross buns, ___ penny ..." (nursery rhyme lyric): 2 wds. |
| 44% | DOG | 3 | "With a knick-knack paddy-whack, give the ___ a bone..." |
| 43% | IWONDER | 7 | "... How ___ what you are...": 2 wds. (nursery rhyme lyrics) |
| 43% | BOPEEP | 6 | Sheep-losing nursery rhyme girl: 2 wds. |
| 43% | IMA | 3 | "___ Little Teapot," nursery rhyme starter: 2 wds. |
| 39% | THESOCCER | 9 | "___ song," popular nursery rhyme: 2 wds. |
| 39% | ONEA | 4 | "___ penny, two a penny..." (lines from "Hot Cross Buns" nursery rhyme): 2 wds. |
| 39% | KINGCOLE | 8 | British nursery rhyme: Old ___ (2 wds) |
| 38% | HUMPTYDUMPTY | 12 | Nursery rhyme character who had a great fall (2 wds.) |
| 35% | KNACK | 5 | "...knick ___ paddy whack, give the dog a bone..." ("This Old Man" line) |
| 35% | ATISKETATASKET | 14 | Hit song by 48-Across based on a nursery rhyme (2 wds.) |
| 34% | ATISKETATASKET | 14 | Early hit for 34-Across, based on a nursery rhyme: 2 wds. |
| 34% | ABONE | 5 | "... knick-knack paddywhack, give the dog ___ ...": 2 wds. |
| 33% | LONDONBRIDGES | 13 | Alex Cross novel by James Patterson whose title plays on a nursery rhyme (2 wds.) |
| 32% | LITTLEBOPEEP | 12 | Nursery rhyme herder who lost her sheep (3 wds.) |
| 32% | HESA | 4 | "___ real nowhere man...": 2 wds. (Beatles lyrics) |
| 32% | WEA | 3 | "Are ___ pair?": 2 wds. (Stephen Sondheim lyrics) |
| 32% | HUBBARD | 7 | Nursery rhyme old mother who gave a dog a bone |
| 32% | WEA | 3 | "Aren't ___ pair?": 2 wds. (Stephen Sondheim lyrics) |
| 31% | AGREETO | 7 | Give consent for: 2 wds. |
| 31% | SAYYES | 6 | Give consent: 2 wds. |
| 30% | TENO | 4 | "___' Clock Scholar" (nursery rhyme): 2 wds. |
| 29% | ANY | 3 | "... Have you ___ wool?" (nursery rhyme lyric) |
| 29% | SAYNO | 5 | Give a negative reply: 2 wds. |
| 29% | ORSO | 4 | Give or take approximately: 2 wds. |
| 29% | SAYHI | 5 | Give an informal greeting: 2 wds. |
| 29% | SWEAROFF | 8 | Give up something forever: 2 wds. |
| 29% | LEDON | 5 | Gave false hope to: 2 wds. |
| 29% | LEDON | 5 | Gave the wrong idea: 2 wds. |