| 100% | STONES | 6 | "Sticks and ___ may break my bones..." |
| 100% | STONES | 6 | Sticks and these may break my bones |
| 60% | STONES | 6 | "Sticks and __ may break ... " |
| 59% | STONES | 6 | "Sticks and ___ may break ... " |
| 51% | WAVE | 4 | It may break and crash |
| 47% | WAVES | 5 | They may crash and break |
| 46% | WAVE | 4 | Something that may crash and break |
| 45% | TOWED | 5 | My car broke down and was ___ to the junkyard |
| 45% | STONES | 6 | Partner of sticks, in metaphorical bone breaking |
| 45% | XRAY | 4 | Graph that detects broken bones and fractures |
| 45% | LEASE | 5 | Break it and you may be out on the street |
| 44% | XRAY | 4 | Picture that may show a broken bone: Hyph. |
| 44% | XRAY | 4 | Picture that might show a broken bone: Hyph. |
| 44% | HEART | 5 | "Don't Go Breaking My ___," 1976 duet by Elton John and Kiki Dee |
| 43% | MANDOLIN | 8 | Instrument heard in "Losing My Religion" and "Maggie May" |
| 43% | AMONG | 5 | "Down ___ the Sticks and Bones" (book two in Seanan McGuire's Wayward Children series) |
| 43% | AMONG | 5 | "Down ___ the Sticks and Bones" (book two in Seanan McGuire's "Wayward Children" series) |
| 42% | FRACTURE | 8 | A broken bone may be a compound or stress one |
| 42% | RABE | 4 | "Sticks and Bones" playwright David |
| 42% | RABE | 4 | ''Sticks and Bones'' playwright David |
| 42% | CHELSOM | 7 | Peter —, director of films Serendipity, Hear My Song and Funny Bones |
| 42% | PETER | 5 | & 16D Director of films Serendipity, Hear My Song and Funny Bones |
| 41% | OTIS | 4 | Redding who sang, "Sittin' here resting my bones / And this loneliness won't leave me alone" |
| 41% | BEER | 4 | "___ Never Broke My Heart," country song by Luke Combs which may be his preferred drink order |
| 40% | ERS | 3 | Hospital sections where people may find out if a bone is broken: Abbr. |
| 39% | INARUT | 6 | Stuck and bored |
| 38% | IMALLEARS | 9 | "You have my full attention" … or something 17-, 24-, 38- and 51-Across might say? |
| 38% | RIBS | 4 | Might break some moshing |
| 38% | REMIX | 5 | “Break My Soul (The Queens ___)” (collaboration between Beyoncé and Madonna) |
| 37% | CURTSY | 6 | "Drop into a ___, my dear. Dip, hold, and rise, and you might just impress Her Majesty!" |