| 100% | LOST | 4 | Like Hansel and Gretel in the forest |
| 51% | TRAIL | 5 | "Leave behind a ___ of breadcrumbs like Hansel and Gretel." |
| 51% | ASYOULIKEIT | 11 | Pastoral comedy by William Shakespeare mostly set in the Forest of Arden with characters like Rosalind and Celia as main heroines: 4 wds. |
| 48% | WILD | 4 | Like animals in the forest |
| 47% | OVEN | 4 | What Hansel and Gretel shoved the witch into |
| 47% | DEER | 4 | Bucks and does, in the forest |
| 47% | ATWAR | 5 | Like Iraq and Iran, in the 1980s |
| 47% | OVEN | 4 | The witch in "Hansel and Gretel" was pushed into one |
| 45% | OVEN | 4 | The witch's end in "Hansel and Gretel" |
| 45% | CRUMB | 5 | Morsel in Hansel and Gretel's path |
| 45% | BREADCRUMB | 10 | Morsel in Hansel and Gretel's trail |
| 45% | APPLES | 6 | Fruits in the rose family, like pears and plums |
| 45% | BATTERFRIED | 11 | Like the fish in fish and chips |
| 45% | NAVAL | 5 | Like the battles in "Master and Commander" |
| 45% | SILENT | 6 | Like the "s" in "aisle" and "island" |
| 45% | OVEN | 4 | Where the witch in "Hansel and Gretel" ends up |
| 45% | OVEN | 4 | Where the witch in "Hansel and Gretel" ended up |
| 44% | SIAMESE | 7 | Like the cats in "Lady and the Tramp" |
| 44% | PRANCEDAROUND | 13 | Cavorted like deer in the forest |
| 44% | ARENAS | 6 | Ball in Denver and the like |
| 44% | ADELE | 5 | Voice behind "Rolling in the Deep," "Hello" and "Someone Like You" |
| 44% | MOONLIT | 7 | Like the forest in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" |
| 44% | FOURSPEED | 9 | Like most manual transmissions in the 1970s and '80s |
| 44% | OPPOSITE | 8 | Like the prepositions in 23-, 35- and 46-Across |
| 44% | ORGS | 4 | Red Cross and the like, in brief |
| 44% | UPTOWN | 6 | Like Manhattan in the 80s and 90s? |
| 43% | EERIE | 5 | Like the sight of glowing eyes in a dark forest |
| 43% | GAY | 3 | Like the lead characters in "Love, Simon" and "Love, Victor" |
| 43% | ATWAR | 5 | Like the Galactic Empire and Rebel Alliance, in science fiction |
| 43% | CHANGEOFPLANETS | 15 | Pluto's downgrade in 2006 and the like? |