| 100% | HOPONPOP | 8 | Book touted as "The Simplest Seuss for Youngest Use" |
| 80% | HOPONPOP | 8 | Children's book described as "The Simplest Seuss for Youngest Use" |
| 59% | HOPONPOP | 8 | "The Simplest Seuss for Youngest Use," or what parts of 17-, 25- and 49-Across are |
| 49% | HOP | 3 | With 36-Down, Dr. Seuss classic with the subtitle "The Simplest Seuss for Youngest Use" |
| 39% | ATEON | 5 | Used as the surface for a meal |
| 38% | LORAX | 5 | The —, 1971 book for children by Dr Seuss |
| 38% | IBRAMXKENDI | 11 | Youngest winner of the National Book Award for Nonfiction |
| 38% | SHELVE | 6 | Make ready for use, as library books |
| 37% | THELORAX | 8 | Dr. Seuss book about caring for the environment |
| 36% | ROGER | 5 | 'Affirmative' as used over the radio for armed forces |
| 36% | ACACIA | 6 | Tree cited in Exodus as the material used for the Ark of the Covenant |
| 36% | LABRADORS | 9 | Large dogs often used as guide dogs for the blind |
| 36% | NGALIEMA | 8 | Bay used as a port for Kinshasa in the DRC |
| 35% | SUZEORMAN | 9 | Financial guru who wrote The Money Book for the Young, Fabulous & Broke |
| 35% | WHOAREYOU | 9 | Rock song used as the theme for "CSI" |
| 35% | CLARENCE | 8 | Darrow referred to as the "Attorney for the Damned" in a 2011 book by John A. Farrell |
| 35% | NEEM | 4 | Tree also known as the Indian Lilac whose twigs have been used for centuries as a toothbrush |
| 34% | CARBON | 6 | & 23A Colourless gas present in the atmosphere used as dry ice for refrigeration |
| 33% | THELORAX | 8 | Dr. Seuss book about an eco-conscious creature who "speaks for the trees": 2 wds. |
| 33% | ARCADIAN | 8 | Peaceful, as the simple rural life |
| 33% | METONYM | 7 | Example or attribute of something used to represent the whole, as "sword" for "military power" |
| 33% | GMT | 3 | Time zone that is used as a central reference point for all the others: Abbr. |
| 33% | IUS | 3 | Word for law as used in the Catholic Church, often preceding canonicum, sacrum, ecclesiasticum or divinum |
| 32% | AGENTORANGE | 11 | Highly poisonous herbicide used as a spray for crop destruction by the US during the Vietnam War |
| 32% | COOK | 4 | Manipulate, as the books |
| 32% | COAST | 5 | "The Mosquito ___," 1986 drama film starring River Phoenix as Charlie Fox for which he won the Young Artist Award |
| 31% | UNDERLIE | 8 | Serve as the basis for |
| 31% | REAUDIT | 7 | Check again, as the books |