| 100% | NOPE | 4 | A variation of no; rhymes with mope |
| 49% | SCRABBLE | 8 | Upwords is a variation of __ with stacking letters |
| 48% | BONNET | 6 | Hat style that rhymes with a form of poetry |
| 47% | RUM | 3 | A type of alcohol that rhymes with hum |
| 47% | SOMETHINGOLD | 12 | With 52 Across, start of a bridalwear rhyme |
| 47% | ERICA | 5 | Woman's name that rhymes with a part of the world |
| 47% | ETA | 3 | Greek letter that rhymes with a bunch of other Greek letters |
| 46% | ROAST | 5 | A way of cooking meat that rhymes with boast |
| 46% | TWINKLE | 7 | With 25-Down, start of a nighttime nursery rhyme |
| 46% | NSA | 3 | Unit with a classified no. of employees |
| 46% | SPRAT | 5 | Nursery rhyme character with a no-fat diet |
| 46% | ILES | 4 | Mille ___ (part of Québec with a rhyming name) |
| 46% | PALL | 4 | ___ Mall (brand of cigarettes with a rhyming name) |
| 45% | FREDBIRD | 8 | Cardinals mascot whose name rhymes with a nickname for a member of the team |
| 44% | PERFUME | 7 | Patrick Suskind's narrative of a man with no scent |
| 44% | FLATCAR | 7 | Part of a freight train with no sides or roof |
| 44% | SHOE | 4 | Home to a nursery rhyme woman with lots of children |
| 44% | MANICPANIC | 10 | Brand of brightly colored hair dye with a rhyming name |
| 44% | OHM | 3 | A unit of resistance (rhymes with "gnome") |
| 44% | YEOW | 4 | A cry of pain (rhymes with "meow") |
| 43% | SNOWCONE | 8 | A variation of shaved ice |
| 43% | APE | 3 | A large type of primate; rhymes with crepe |
| 42% | CHEMIN | 6 | A variation of baccarat: __ de fer |
| 42% | EIK | 3 | Feature of a large apartment with no dining room, in real-estate shorthand |
| 42% | AMELIABEDELIA | 13 | Literal-minded maid of children's literature with a rhyming name: 2 wds. |
| 42% | GROPE | 5 | To feel around for; rhymes with mope |
| 41% | SHADE | 5 | Variation of a color |
| 40% | DORIC | 5 | Classical order of architecture characterised by a column with no base and a heavy fluted shaft |
| 40% | SOUL | 4 | Essence of a being that rhymes with "sole" |
| 40% | CREST | 5 | Top of a wave that rhymes with "chest" |