| 100% | OWIE | 4 | Bruise or scrape, in toddler slang |
| 64% | OWIE | 4 | Bruise or scrape, to a toddler |
| 49% | OWIE | 4 | Bruise or scrape, to a little kid |
| 47% | OWIE | 4 | Cut or scrape, in totspeak |
| 43% | OWIE | 4 | Scrape or scratch, to a toddler |
| 42% | CARB | 4 | Sugar or starch, in slang |
| 42% | NABE | 4 | Weho or Soho, in slang |
| 42% | OLDLADY | 7 | Wife or mother, in slang |
| 41% | OWIE | 4 | Toddler's term for a bump or bruise |
| 41% | OWIE | 4 | Toddler's term for a scrape or cut |
| 41% | TOOKANL | 7 | Suffered humiliation or defeat, in slang |
| 41% | MONEY | 5 | "Green" or "bacon," in slang |
| 41% | DOPE | 4 | "Cool" or "drugs," in slang |
| 40% | ENFUEGO | 7 | Really hot, in slang or in Spanish |
| 40% | BEEMER | 6 | 3 or 5 Series car, in slang |
| 40% | CINQUES | 7 | Fives, in old cards or dice slang |
| 40% | BIGS | 4 | Basketball centers or power forwards, in slang |
| 39% | OHIO | 4 | Weird or cringe, in Gen Alpha slang |
| 39% | OWIE | 4 | Young child's word for a scrape or bruise |
| 38% | SKIVING | 7 | Skipping work or school in British slang |
| 37% | IDIOT | 5 | Preceder of box or light, in slang |
| 37% | MERCH | 5 | Concert T-shirt or poster, in slang |
| 37% | FIVEO | 5 | Cops, in slang ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 37% | DOUGH | 5 | Pizza base ... or 25a in slang |
| 37% | CLAMS | 5 | Chowder mollusks ... or 25a in slang |
| 33% | TUSSLE | 6 | Scrap or scrape |
| 33% | OWIE | 4 | Scrape, in totspeak |
| 32% | TWINKILLING | 11 | Baseball double play, in slang ... or a hint to understanding the 12 Across answers that have circles |
| 32% | BACON | 5 | Crispy breakfast strip ... or 25a in slang |
| 32% | ABRASION | 8 | Minor cut or scrape |