| 100% | NELLIE | 6 | — the Elephant, children’s song written in 1956 | 
| 57% | DONTBECRUEL | 11 | Elvis Presley's song of 1956 written by Otis Blackwell which was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2002: 3 wds. | 
| 56% | EIEIO | 5 | Children's song refrain featured in the four longest answers | 
| 56% | BABAR | 5 | "King of the Elephants" in children's literature | 
| 56% | OLDMACDONALD | 12 | Children's song featuring the animals and sounds in this puzzle | 
| 55% | BABAR | 5 | King of the elephants in a children's book series | 
| 54% | BABAR | 5 | "King of the elephants" in a series of children's books | 
| 49% | ELLA | 4 | ___ the Elephant, children's TV character | 
| 49% | WICHITA | 7 | "___ Lineman," song written by Jimmy Webb in the year 1968 | 
| 48% | MEADOW | 6 | "Over in the ___" (children's song) | 
| 48% | MELBOURNE | 9 | 1956 Olympics site, the first in the S hemisphere | 
| 48% | OLDMACDONALD | 12 | Subject of a children's song associated with the vowels in the answer to each starred clue | 
| 48% | BONEY | 5 | ___ M., German-Caribbean vocal group who covered the Christmas song "Mary's Boy Child" in 1978 | 
| 47% | NAIPAUL | 7 | V. S. __, wrote A Bend in the River | 
| 46% | RLSTINE | 7 | Author referred to as "Stephen King of children's literature" who wrote the first book of the Goosebumps series in 1992 | 
| 45% | MARGARETATWOOD | 14 | "Alias Grace" author who also wrote children's books, including "Up in the Tree" | 
| 45% | SAKE | 4 | "For the ____ of a Child" ("Only Murders in the Building" song) | 
| 45% | INN | 3 | The Elephant in Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night," e.g. | 
| 44% | ROO | 3 | Children's character in the Hundred Acre Wood | 
| 44% | TREEHOUSE | 9 | Children's den built up in the branches | 
| 44% | SOS | 3 | It's sometimes written in the sand | 
| 44% | TREEHOUSE | 9 | Child's small shed built in the boughs | 
| 44% | BABAR | 5 | Elephant in children's books | 
| 44% | NOPE | 4 | Song Jeff Tweedy of "Wilco" wrote which was released on the album "Schmilco" in 2016 | 
| 43% | THELAST | 7 | & 17D 1956 novel in The Chronicles of Narnia series by C S Lewis | 
| 43% | EAR | 3 | "In One ___" (Cage the Elephant song) | 
| 43% | KISMET | 6 | It's written in the stars | 
| 43% | FATE | 4 | It's written in the stars | 
| 43% | HAT | 3 | "The Cat in the ___," children's book written by Dr. Seuss |