| 100% | EGGINGON | 8 | Calling "chicken," perhaps |
| 80% | MEAT | 4 | Chicken, perhaps |
| 74% | PAGED | 5 | Called for, perhaps |
| 69% | OILY | 4 | Like fried chicken, perhaps |
| 68% | PAN | 3 | Call a turkey, perhaps |
| 68% | BUTTDIALS | 9 | Calls accidentally, perhaps: Hyph. |
| 68% | DISCREDIT | 9 | Call a liar, perhaps |
| 68% | STRIKE1 | 7 | First call, perhaps |
| 68% | SCARES | 6 | Close calls, perhaps |
| 67% | NAAN | 4 | Chicken curry's companion, perhaps |
| 67% | NAAN | 4 | Chicken tikka masala scooper, perhaps |
| 67% | MEOW | 4 | Call for a refill, perhaps |
| 67% | PAGE | 4 | Call from the lobby, perhaps |
| 67% | ATEIN | 5 | Called for a pie, perhaps |
| 67% | SAFE | 4 | Call made from home, perhaps |
| 67% | SEE | 3 | Call somebody's bluff, perhaps |
| 67% | ANYONEHOME | 10 | Call after a knock, perhaps |
| 67% | PRAYSTO | 7 | Calls on for guidance, perhaps |
| 65% | POPEYES | 7 | Restaurant chain originally called Chicken on the Run |
| 65% | POX | 3 | Chicken ___ (viral disease also called varicella) |
| 65% | LEG | 3 | Chicken piece also called a drumstick |
| 65% | DRUNKDIAL | 9 | Call blasted from a bar, perhaps? |
| 65% | UPHERE | 6 | Call from the 23-Across, perhaps |
| 65% | LEG | 3 | Juicy chicken piece, perhaps |
| 64% | IGUANA | 6 | Animal called chicken of the trees in C. America |
| 63% | UMP | 3 | One calling you out, perhaps |
| 63% | NAAN | 4 | Bread with chicken tikka, perhaps |
| 63% | IGUANA | 6 | What Mexicans call ''tree chicken'' |
| 63% | PYTHONS | 7 | Big snakes, perhaps called Monty |
| 61% | TOFU | 4 | Protein in vegan chicken nuggets, perhaps |