| 100% | ROD | 3 | "Spare the ___ and spoil the child" (proverb) |
| 91% | ROD | 3 | "Spare the ___ and spoil the child" |
| 56% | RAINED | 6 | Came down and spoiled the picnic |
| 54% | BRAT | 4 | Annoying and spoiled child |
| 52% | FOLKWISDOM | 10 | Proverbs and the like |
| 50% | SABBATH | 7 | The child born on this day is bonny and blithe |
| 50% | PEA | 3 | "The Princess and the ___," children's fairytale |
| 49% | ORR | 3 | The government department in the US dealing with Children and Families |
| 49% | CURSED | 6 | "Harry Potter and the ___ Child," play by Jack Thorne |
| 48% | MURDOCH | 7 | Iris —, author of novels The Bell and A Word Child |
| 48% | PHILOMENA | 9 | Dench and Coogan film about the search for a child |
| 48% | ROALDDAHL | 9 | Children's author of The BFG and Matilda |
| 47% | SAINTANNE | 9 | The Virgin and Child with __, Da Vinci's painting |
| 47% | STREEPSHOW | 10 | The Delacorte Theater's "Mother Courage and Her Children"? |
| 47% | BACHS | 5 | The two wives and 20 children of Johann Sebastian |
| 47% | RENI | 4 | "Saint Joseph and the Christ Child" painter |
| 46% | NIMH | 4 | "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of ___" (classic children's book) |
| 46% | SPOT | 4 | Dog in the "Dick and Jane" children's book series |
| 46% | SPOIL | 5 | "Spare the rod, ___ the child" |
| 46% | ROD | 3 | "Spare the ___, spoil ..." |
| 46% | BYGRAVES | 8 | Max —, entertainer and actor who starred in 1961 film drama Spare the Rod |
| 46% | ROALDDAHL | 9 | Author of the children's book "James and the Giant Peach": 2 wds. |
| 46% | HOME | 4 | *Place where one lives ... and where a child learns the most basic values |
| 46% | HERBS | 5 | The —, 1968 BBC TV children's series created and written by Michael Bond |
| 46% | ASLIP | 5 | "There's many __ 'twixt the cup and the lip": old proverb |
| 45% | OLDMACDONALD | 12 | Children's song featuring the animals and sounds in this puzzle |
| 45% | GOBAD | 5 | Get spoiled and stink up the fridge (2 wds) |
| 45% | DECALS | 6 | "My child is on the honor roll" and others |
| 45% | POOH | 4 | Winnie the ___, a famous children's books and cartoons |
| 45% | MASH | 4 | Acronym in the names of a children's game and a classic TV show |