| 100% | SOAPOPERA | 9 | 1949's "These Are My Children," e.g. |
| 52% | SOAP | 4 | "All My Children," e.g. |
| 51% | WAS | 3 | "That __ Then, This Is Now" (1971 S. E. Hinton novel) |
| 50% | ONEMANSHOW | 10 | Doug Wright's "I Am My Own Wife," e.g. |
| 48% | ORE | 3 | This is a load off one's mine? |
| 47% | ALIBI | 5 | "I was at my girlfriend's," e.g. |
| 47% | PSALM | 5 | "The Lord is my shepherd ...," e.g. |
| 46% | DUET | 4 | Brandy and Monica's "The Boy Is Mine," e.g. |
| 45% | TRICKLEQUESTION | 15 | "Why is my faucet dripping all the time?," e.g. |
| 44% | PRODIGY | 7 | Child genius, e.g. Beethoven was a musical __ |
| 44% | SIC | 3 | This is not my typo |
| 43% | IINSIST | 7 | "No, really, this is my treat": 2 wds. |
| 43% | PUN | 3 | "Piano is not my forte," e.g. |
| 43% | PLATITUDE | 9 | "What's done is done," e. g. |
| 42% | STORIES | 7 | These are read to children at bedtime |
| 42% | DNA | 3 | "It's in my ___" ("I was made for this") |
| 42% | PROSEPOETRY | 11 | "Charlie Hustle is my name / I am banned from Hall of Fame," e.g.? |
| 41% | CHILD | 5 | Elliot James Birnholz, e.g., whom Captain Obvious is addressing in this puzzle |
| 41% | MIXEDNUMBERS | 12 | 5½ and 8¾, e.g. ... and a hint to this puzzle's circles |
| 41% | PSA | 3 | “This is your brain on drugs,” e.g. |
| 41% | USED | 4 | Madonna's "This ___ to Be My Playground" |
| 40% | FIGHTINGWORDS | 13 | "Wanna take this outside?," e.g … or what are found four times in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 40% | TVDAD | 5 | Jack Pearson of "This Is Us," e.g. |
| 40% | MONDAY | 6 | This child is fair of face |
| 40% | CHUCK | 5 | ___ E. Cheese, popular chain of children's restaurants that was mentioned in "The Office" |
| 40% | TRIO | 4 | Destiny's Child, e.g. |
| 40% | TRIO | 4 | Destiny's Child, e.g |
| 40% | TRIO | 4 | Destiny’s Child, e.g. |
| 40% | STOP | 4 | "This is my __" |
| 39% | PSAS | 4 | G.I. Joe's "Knowing is half the battle" spots, e.g. |