| 100% | THESOCCER | 9 | "___ song," popular nursery rhyme: 2 wds. |
| 62% | BOPEEP | 6 | Sheep-losing nursery rhyme girl: 2 wds. |
| 62% | IMA | 3 | "___ Little Teapot," nursery rhyme starter: 2 wds. |
| 62% | YANKEE | 6 | "___ Doodle," popular nursery rhyme song that is the state song of Connecticut |
| 62% | ATISKETATASKET | 14 | Early hit for 34-Across, based on a nursery rhyme: 2 wds. |
| 61% | ONEA | 4 | "___ penny, two a penny..." (lines from "Hot Cross Buns" nursery rhyme): 2 wds. |
| 58% | KINGCOLE | 8 | British nursery rhyme: Old ___ (2 wds) |
| 55% | ITSY | 4 | Popular nursery rhyme "___ Bitsy Spider" |
| 54% | HUMPTYDUMPTY | 12 | Nursery rhyme character who had a great fall (2 wds.) |
| 53% | IWONDER | 7 | "... How ___ what you are...": 2 wds. (nursery rhyme lyrics) |
| 52% | RING | 4 | "___ Around the Rosie," popular nursery rhyme |
| 52% | ATISKETATASKET | 14 | Hit song by 48-Across based on a nursery rhyme (2 wds.) |
| 51% | ONE | 3 | "___, Two, Buckle My Shoe," popular nursery rhyme |
| 49% | TENO | 4 | "___' Clock Scholar" (nursery rhyme): 2 wds. |
| 49% | ITS | 3 | Word between "raining" and "pouring" in a popular nursery rhyme |
| 49% | SHOE | 4 | Abode for an old woman in a popular nursery rhyme |
| 48% | LITTLEBOPEEP | 12 | Nursery rhyme herder who lost her sheep (3 wds.) |
| 47% | IBET | 4 | "___ My Life": 2 wds. (Imagine Dragons' song) |
| 45% | HUMPTY | 6 | ___ Dumpty, popular nursery rhyme character who was a reformed antagonist in the "Shrek" universe |
| 45% | CHOCOLATECHIP | 13 | Popular cookie type: 2 wds. |
| 45% | SETLIST | 7 | Song lineup: 2 wds. |
| 44% | SHOWTUNE | 8 | Song from a musical: 2 wds. |
| 44% | BSIDE | 5 | Less popular song on a single, generally: 2 wds. |
| 44% | BSIDE | 5 | Less popular song on a single, typically: 2 wds. |
| 43% | MICE | 4 | "Three Blind ___" (popular nursery rhyme) |
| 43% | HITSONG | 7 | Popular chart-topper: 2 wds. |
| 43% | REDHOT | 6 | Very popular: 2 wds. |
| 43% | THEMOON | 7 | "...the cow jumped over ___" (nursery rhyme): 2 wds. |
| 43% | HOPA | 4 | "___ little, jump a little," (nursery rhyme): 2 wds. |
| 43% | AWAY | 4 | "Rain, Rain, Go ___" (popular nursery rhyme) |