| 100% | PUTITDOWN | 9 | Command to a child approaching a white wall with a crayon |
| 40% | OBEY | 4 | Command to a wayward child |
| 40% | COME | 4 | Command to a dog to approach |
| 38% | STAY | 4 | Command to a dog made with an outreached palm |
| 38% | STAY | 4 | Command to a dog made with an open palm |
| 38% | COME | 4 | Command for a pooch to approach |
| 37% | BEERME | 6 | Slangy command to someone arriving with a six-pack |
| 37% | PAINTING | 8 | Adding tints to walls with a brush or roller |
| 37% | HAROLD | 6 | Children's-book character with a purple crayon |
| 36% | OLA | 3 | Suffix with "Cray" to give a crayon brand |
| 36% | OLA | 3 | Suffix with "Cray" to give a crayon company |
| 35% | SIR | 3 | With 39-Across and 58-Down, response to a military command |
| 35% | SNOW | 4 | ___ White, Disney character with a weather condition to her name |
| 35% | HAHA | 4 | Ditch with a retaining wall used to divide land |
| 35% | TEASET | 6 | Pot cups and saucers, for a child to play with |
| 35% | SHOE | 4 | Home to a nursery rhyme woman with lots of children |
| 34% | FOSTERMOMS | 10 | Couple working with a social worker to help raise a child |
| 34% | CARPORT | 7 | Wall-less structure with roof to shelter a vehicle |
| 34% | PRIM | 4 | Wearing an ankle-length dress and white blouse with a collar buttoned to the top, maybe |
| 34% | YELLOWTAIL | 10 | White moth common to the British Isles with a yellow tip to the abdomen |
| 34% | EIEIO | 5 | Children's song refrain ... with a hint to this puzzle's central nine squares |
| 34% | OBEY | 4 | Streetwear company whose name is also a command to comply with orders |
| 34% | ACOUCHI | 7 | South American rodent with a white-tipped tail related to the agouti |
| 33% | THESECRETGARDEN | 15 | Classic 1911 children's novel ... with a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 33% | SIT | 3 | Command to a Frenchie or a Scottie |
| 32% | OFF | 3 | Command to a dog on a couch, maybe |
| 32% | OFF | 3 | Command to a pooch on a couch, maybe |
| 32% | LAB | 3 | Bookish man with glasses, wearing a white ___ coat, opened the door to the small house |
| 32% | SPEAK | 5 | Command to a dog |
| 32% | STAY | 4 | Command to a dog |