| 100% | OWIE | 4 | Bruise or scrape, to a little kid |
| 80% | OWIE | 4 | Minor cut or scrape, to a little kid |
| 72% | OWIE | 4 | Bruise or scrape, to a toddler |
| 60% | ABCS | 4 | The alphabet, to a little kid |
| 55% | OWIE | 4 | Cut or scrape, to a tot |
| 49% | NIT | 3 | A little point to pick, or an insect egg (rhymes with "hit") |
| 49% | OWIE | 4 | Scrape or scratch, to a toddler |
| 49% | BABYGATE | 8 | Thing to confine a little kid |
| 48% | OWIE | 4 | Scrape or bump, to a young child |
| 47% | OWIE | 4 | Young child's word for a scrape or bruise |
| 47% | LAP | 3 | Place to hold a little kid for story time |
| 46% | MUSICALCHAIRS | 13 | Kids' party game … or a hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
| 46% | FOURH | 5 | Club for farm kids ... or a hint to 97-Across |
| 46% | TAKESTHEEDGEOFF | 15 | Alleviates pain a little … or what this puzzle does to certain squares for literal effect |
| 45% | TOT | 3 | A little kid, a tiny ___ |
| 44% | OWIE | 4 | Bruise or scrape, in toddler slang |
| 44% | GOFISH | 6 | Popular kids' game ... or a hint to 18-, 32-, 37- and 58-Across |
| 43% | TODDLED | 7 | Walked like a little kid |
| 43% | ITSY | 4 | Lilliputian, to a little 'un |
| 43% | ATTABOY | 7 | Encouragement to a little lad |
| 43% | DEMOTE | 6 | Assign to a lesser rank |
| 43% | APEAK | 5 | More or less vertical, to a sailor |
| 42% | KICKINGUPSTAIRS | 15 | Promoting to a less important job |
| 42% | REGRESSED | 9 | Reverted to a less developed state |
| 42% | LOWLYWORM | 9 | Kids' book character who drives an apple-shaped car ... or a hint to this puzzle's circled words |
| 42% | BETWEENYOUANDME | 15 | "Let this be our little secret" ... with a hint to 18-, 23-, 50- or 54-Across |
| 42% | ANY | 3 | In less than a minute, they decide whether or not they want to take it __ further. |
| 42% | ANY | 3 | A little or a lot |
| 42% | SEMIRARE | 8 | A little hard to find |
| 42% | OWIE | 4 | Scrape, to a tot |