| 100% | SLAB | 4 | Chunk of concrete (rhymes with "blab") |
| 61% | SLAB | 4 | Chunk of concrete |
| 58% | SLAB | 4 | Thick chunk of concrete |
| 58% | SLAB | 4 | Big chunk of concrete |
| 54% | SLAB | 4 | Chunk of marble or concrete, say |
| 51% | BLOCKS | 6 | Chunks of wood with linocuts or rubber stamps on |
| 51% | GAB | 3 | Rhyme and synonym of blab |
| 50% | TEA | 3 | Sip that rhymes with the end of "serenity" |
| 49% | BONNET | 6 | Hat style that rhymes with a form of poetry |
| 48% | 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 |
| 47% | TWINKLE | 7 | With 25-Down, start of a nighttime nursery rhyme |
| 46% | ILES | 4 | Mille ___ (part of Québec with a rhyming name) |
| 46% | PALL | 4 | ___ Mall (brand of cigarettes with a rhyming name) |
| 46% | SASSY | 5 | Full of spirit, rhymes with classy |
| 46% | FORA | 4 | Plural of forum, rhymes with aura |
| 46% | OTIS | 4 | Name that rhymes with another answer in the same column of the grid |
| 46% | CAMELOT | 7 | Castle whose name is repeatedly rhymed with “Shalott,” in “The Lady of Shalott” |
| 45% | WABI | 4 | With 5-Down, rhyming Japanese philosophy of finding beauty in imperfection |
| 45% | OAT | 3 | ___ of This Swirled (Ben & Jerry's flavor with cookie chunks) |
| 45% | PETITE | 6 | Of little proportions, rhymes with elite |
| 45% | FREDBIRD | 8 | Cardinals mascot whose name rhymes with a nickname for a member of the team |
| 44% | POET | 4 | Person concerned with rhyme quite a bit of the time |
| 44% | SHOE | 4 | Home to a nursery rhyme woman with lots of children |
| 44% | COUPLET | 7 | Two lines of poetry with the same rhythm and rhyme |
| 44% | MANICPANIC | 10 | Brand of brightly colored hair dye with a rhyming name |
| 44% | SLAB | 4 | Thick chunk, as of concrete |
| 43% | GEE | 3 | Mild expression of surprise, rhymes with "Lee" |
| 43% | NOPE | 4 | A variation of no; rhymes with mope |