| 100% | TWEEN | 5 | Kid in the 8-to-12 age range |
| 72% | PRETEEN | 7 | Kid in the 9-12 age range |
| 49% | DRESSED | 7 | In the morning, kids are told to go get __ |
| 46% | ESTOS | 5 | These, to the characters in 8-Across |
| 46% | SCHOOL | 6 | In some places, the kids go back to __ in autumn |
| 46% | CUBS | 4 | 8-Down also-rans to the 39-Across in 1918 |
| 45% | OLDER | 5 | Father compared to the son in terms of age |
| 45% | MEDIEVAL | 8 | Term used to describe the Middle Ages in Europe |
| 45% | PRIMETIME | 9 | 8 to 11 p.m., for TV programming in the eastern and western US: 2 wds. |
| 44% | REDBIRDS | 8 | 2004 8-Down losers to the 39-Across, in headlines |
| 44% | DUNCE | 5 | Kid in the corner |
| 44% | GOAT | 4 | Kid in the country |
| 44% | GOATS | 5 | Kids in the country |
| 44% | SIBS | 4 | Kids in the fam |
| 44% | ASTUDENTS | 9 | Kids in the 90s? |
| 43% | JAMIEMOYER | 10 | Pitcher in the Mariners Hall of Fame who played to age 49, in 2012: 2 wds. |
| 43% | SCHOOLMATE | 10 | Kid in the next desk |
| 42% | HANSOLO | 7 | He claimed to have "made the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs" |
| 42% | NATE | 4 | "Big" kid in the comics |
| 42% | EAU | 3 | Liquid in the 8-Down |
| 42% | NEAR | 4 | In the range |
| 41% | BOWERYBOYS | 10 | The —, US comedy team, successor to the East Side Kids, who debuted in 1946’s Live Wires |
| 41% | ROLLO | 5 | Rich kid in the "Nancy" comics |
| 41% | ROLLO | 5 | Rich kid in the "Nancy" comic |
| 41% | LUR | 3 | Large bronze musical horn found in Danish peat bogs dating back to the Bronze Age |
| 41% | FOULOUT | 7 | Be disqualified, in the 8-Down |
| 41% | PARSECS | 7 | Han Solo claims to have made the Kessel Run in less than 12 of these |
| 41% | TODAY | 5 | In the present age |
| 41% | OWL | 3 | Barn ___, "wise" bird of prey that can detect sounds up to 12,000 Hz, far beyond the human hearing range |
| 40% | SCHROEDER | 9 | Piano-loving kid in the Peanuts cartoon |