| 100% | READTO | 6 | Entertain, as children at story hour (2 wds.) |
| 51% | READTO | 6 | Entertain, as children at a library |
| 45% | READTO | 6 | Entertain, as a child at bedtime |
| 45% | READSTO | 7 | Entertains, as a child at bedtime |
| 39% | ADDUP | 5 | Make sense, as a story: 2 wds. |
| 38% | SATON | 5 | Didn't release, as a damaging story: 2 wds. |
| 37% | REGALE | 6 | Entertain, as with stories |
| 36% | BARTAB | 6 | Thing opened at happy hour, maybe (2 wds.) |
| 36% | READTO | 6 | Entertain, as with a bedtime story |
| 36% | BEATRIXPOTTER | 13 | Writer of the children's story, "The Tale of Tom Kitten": 2 wds. |
| 36% | TENAM | 5 | Midmorning hour: 2 wds. |
| 36% | TWOPM | 5 | Midafternoon hour: 2 wds. |
| 36% | UPTO | 4 | At most: 2 wds. |
| 36% | INDANGER | 8 | At risk: 2 wds. |
| 36% | FREETIME | 8 | Leisure hours: 2 wds. |
| 36% | ONEPM | 5 | 1300 hours: 2 wds. |
| 36% | SPARETIME | 9 | Leisure hours: 2 wds. |
| 35% | ADDUP | 5 | Make logical sense, as a story (2 wds.) |
| 35% | EATON | 5 | Use at mealtime, as dishes (2 wds.) |
| 35% | LOSTINNEWYORK | 13 | "Home Alone 2: ___," the sequel to the first film starring Macaulay Culkin as a child who evades two burglars: 4 wds. |
| 35% | BARTAB | 6 | It may be opened at happy hour (2 wds.) |
| 35% | OVERDOIT | 8 | Go too far, as at the gym: 2 wds. |
| 35% | SITON | 5 | Suppress, as a news story (2 wds.) |
| 35% | READTO | 6 | Entertain at bedtime, as a tot |
| 34% | ONEPM | 5 | Late lunch hour: 2 wds. |
| 34% | TALLTALES | 9 | Fish stories: 2 wds. |
| 34% | TRYON | 5 | Test the fit of, as clothes at a department store: 2 wds. |
| 34% | PATDOWN | 7 | Search, as at airport security (2 wds.) |
| 34% | TENAM | 5 | Late breakfast hour: 2 wds., abbr. |
| 34% | ONTOP | 5 | At the summit: 2 wds. |