| 100% | VERY | 4 | Eric Carle's "The __ Hungry Caterpillar" |
| 100% | VERY | 4 | Eric Carle's "The ___ Hungry Caterpillar" |
| 64% | HUNGRY | 6 | Kids' book by Eric Carle, The Very __ Caterpillar |
| 60% | ERIC | 4 | "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" author Carle |
| 60% | ERIC | 4 | "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" writer Carle |
| 60% | CARLE | 5 | "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" author Eric |
| 59% | ERIC | 4 | "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" writer/illustrator Carle |
| 58% | ERIC | 4 | "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" author and illustrator Carle |
| 56% | CARLE | 5 | Author Eric, who wrote The Very Hungry Caterpillar |
| 53% | CARLE | 5 | Eric who wrote "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" |
| 52% | CARLE | 5 | Eric who wrote ''The Very Hungry Caterpillar'' |
| 52% | ERICCARLE | 9 | Author of 1969's The Very Hungry Caterpillar |
| 51% | CARLE | 5 | Eric who wrote “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” |
| 51% | VERY | 4 | “The ___ Hungry Caterpillar” |
| 50% | ERIC | 4 | Carle who wrote "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" |
| 47% | VERY | 4 | "The ___ Hungry Caterpillar" (classic book for kids) |
| 47% | ERICCARLE | 9 | Author of The Very Hungry Caterpillar |
| 44% | ERICCARLE | 9 | "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" author |
| 44% | ISHOT | 5 | Eric Clapton's "___ the Sheriff" (2 wds.) |
| 44% | LEIF | 4 | Eric the Red's son |
| 43% | ERICCARLE | 9 | "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" author/illustrator |
| 43% | CARLE | 5 | "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" writer/illustrator |
| 41% | GROUCHY | 7 | With 51-Across, Eric Carle kid-lit book, after "The" |
| 40% | CENTIMETERWORMS | 15 | Some caterpillars outside the U.S.? |
| 40% | FAST | 4 | It's broken by the hungry |
| 39% | ERICCARLE | 9 | “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” author, who died in May, 2021 |
| 38% | MENU | 4 | Handout to the hungry |
| 38% | RED | 3 | Eric the ____ |
| 37% | ERICCARLE | 9 | Author of the children's book "The Very Hungry Caterpillar": 2 wds. |
| 37% | INDEX | 5 | The S&P ___ |