| 100% | DASH | 4 | King Charles spaniel, a favourite of Queen Victoria, that died in 1840 |
| 36% | PAWN | 4 | Piece in front of a king or queen |
| 35% | ACE | 3 | Card that beats a king in the game of war |
| 34% | ERA | 3 | Period of time that may be named for a king or queen |
| 34% | TEN | 3 | Value of a jack, queen or king, in blackjack |
| 34% | RHESUS | 6 | Animal that shares its name with a king of Thrace in the "Iliad" |
| 33% | TEN | 3 | Value of a jack, queen, or king, in many games |
| 33% | BED | 3 | Sleeping spot that comes in a king or a queen size |
| 32% | BED | 3 | Item of furniture that comes in king and queen sizes |
| 32% | SHEA | 4 | Name of a former baseball stadium in Queens that neighbored (and is an anagram of) 9-Across |
| 32% | ASHE | 4 | Name of a tennis stadium in Queens that once neighbored (and is an anagram of) 16-Across |
| 32% | CAVALIER | 8 | __ King Charles, spaniel dog named after a king |
| 31% | CROUCHEND | 9 | Area in the London Borough of Haringey that shares its name with a 1980 Stephen King short story |
| 31% | BLEEDS | 6 | "If It ___," collection of four novellas by Stephen King that was nominated for a Locus Award in 2021 |
| 31% | FACECARD | 8 | King, queen or jack in a deck of 52 |
| 30% | DOWAGER | 7 | Queen __; widow of a king |
| 30% | REGAL | 5 | Of a king or queen |
| 30% | FACECARDS | 9 | King, Queen, Jack in a pack |
| 30% | BABIES | 6 | Those in need of a change |
| 30% | ELSA | 4 | Queen of Arendelle, in a Disney movie |
| 29% | ALBERTA | 7 | Province named for a daughter of Queen Victoria |
| 29% | BASSOS | 6 | Those playing the king of Egypt in "Aïda" |
| 29% | MARSHA | 6 | Queen of Diamonds in a Batman TV episode |
| 29% | ELSA | 4 | Queen of Arendelle, in a 2013 animated movie |
| 29% | PALACE | 6 | Residence of a king or queen |
| 29% | REIGN | 5 | Rule of a king or queen |
| 29% | PRINCESS | 8 | Child of a king and queen |
| 29% | THRONE | 6 | Seat of a king and queen |
| 29% | SHEBA | 5 | Land with a queen in Kings |
| 29% | ASTOR | 5 | Eponym of a neighborhood in Queens |