| 100% | TERRY | 5 | "___ and the Pirates," adventure comic strip by Milton Caniff which follows a young American boy in China |
| 40% | ANNIE | 5 | "Little Orphan ___," adventure comic strip by Harold Gray which follows a little girl and her dog |
| 30% | BLONDIE | 7 | Comic strip created by Chic Young in 1930 featuring the character Dagwood Bumstead |
| 29% | AXL | 3 | 2018 sci-fi movie which follows the story of a boy and a robotic dog |
| 28% | TINTIN | 6 | Boy reporter and adventurer in comic strips by Herge from 1929 |
| 28% | LOSTCITYOFGOLD | 14 | "Dora and the ___," American adventure film which stars Isabela Moner and is directed by James Bobin: 4 wds. |
| 27% | ASTRO | 5 | "___ Boy," popular anime series released in 1963 which follows the adventures of a robotic boy |
| 27% | GREGHEFFLEY | 11 | Boy cartoonist portrayed by Zachary Gordon and Jason Drucker in the "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" movies: 2 wds. |
| 27% | BARNEY | 6 | "___ Google and Snuffy Smith," the third-longest running American comics series which was first published in 1919 |
| 27% | EARTHS | 6 | "Crisis on Infinite ___," comic book maxiseries published by DC Comics and which is set in a shared universe |
| 27% | BLUE | 4 | & 15A The —, common title of a waltz by Johann Strauss the Younger, Op 314, which premiered in 1867 |
| 27% | CHROMEDREAMS | 12 | 2023 studio album by Neil Young recorded in the mid-1970s and widely shared as a bootleg (2 wds.) |
| 27% | CLEM | 4 | Boy in the comic strip "Rose Is Rose" |
| 26% | KIDS | 4 | New ___ on the Block, boy band that debuted in 1984 and which is known for the song "Step by Step" |
| 26% | WATCHMEN | 8 | American satirical and dystopian superhero film directed by Zack Snyder which is based on a DC Comics limited series of the same name |
| 26% | EASTERNCOUGAR | 13 | A subspecies of puma from North America which was formally declared extinct by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 2018: 2 wds. |
| 26% | OOF | 3 | Comic strip character's response to a punch in the gut |
| 25% | MALIBU | 6 | Hit song by American artist Miley Cyrus which depicts a city in California that is known for its celebrity homes and the sandy Zuma Beach |
| 25% | IOMOTH | 6 | North American insect, the male of which is bright yellow in colour with a blue and pink eyelike spot on each hind wing |
| 25% | THELIONKING | 11 | Animated film released in 1994 which was influenced by Shakespeare's "Hamlet" and tells the story of a character named Simba: 3 wds. |
| 25% | ELLIS | 5 | Island over which New York and New Jersey had a long-standing territorial dispute that was settled by the Supreme Court in 1998 |
| 25% | AMAHL | 5 | Boy in a Menotti opera inspired by The Adoration of the Magi |
| 25% | BATTLEZONE | 10 | Classic arcade game released by Atari in 1980 in which the goal is to save a tank from attacks by other tanks and missiles |
| 25% | MOCKINGBIRD | 11 | "To Kill a ___," bestselling debut novel by Harper Lee published in 1960 that deals with race and gender issues in the American Deep South |
| 25% | THEFAMOUSFIVE | 13 | Series of children's novels written by Enid Blyton featuring the adventures of a group of young children and their dog Timmy: 3 wds. |
| 25% | BOGGLE | 6 | Flummox ... or a classic word game represented by the central grid of shaded squares, in which 15-, 17- and 55-Across can be found |
| 25% | ROLL | 4 | "Rock and ___ Music," hit released by The Beach Boys in 1976 which was a cover of a song by Chuck Berry |
| 25% | CALLS | 5 | "A Monster ___," dark fantasy novel by Patrick Ness which follows a boy and his monster friend |
| 25% | HOMEDEPOT | 9 | American retail giant co-founded by Bernard Marcus "The ___" which specializes in hardware supplies and construction tools: 2 wds. |