| 100% | ENA | 3 | Mother of Gobo and Faline, in children's lit |
| 48% | MOIRAROSE | 9 | Mother of David and Alexis in Schitt's Creek |
| 44% | MAUNAKEA | 8 | Representation of the first-born child of "earth mother" and "sky father," in Hawaiian culture |
| 43% | BABAR | 5 | Founder of Celesteville, in children's lit |
| 42% | REBECCA | 7 | Mother of Jacob and Esau in the Hebrew Bible |
| 42% | LEAH | 4 | Mother of Reuben and Levi, in the Bible |
| 42% | BLONDIE | 7 | Mother of Alexander and Cookie, in the comics |
| 42% | HERA | 4 | Mother of Ares and Hephaestus, in Greek mythology |
| 42% | RACHEL | 6 | Mother of Joseph and Benjamin, in the Bible |
| 42% | EVE | 3 | Cain and Abel's mother, in the Garden of Eden |
| 41% | EVE | 3 | Mother of Cain, Abel, and Seth, in the Bible |
| 39% | EVA | 3 | Actress Longoria who plays Dora's mother in "Dora and the Lost City of Gold" |
| 39% | DORIA | 5 | Mother of Meghan, Duchess of Sussex and Prince Harry's mother-in-law |
| 38% | EBW | 3 | Inits. in children's lit |
| 38% | GAMBA | 5 | Marina ___, mother of Galileo's three illegitimate children, Virginia, Livia and Vincenzo |
| 38% | PERDITA | 7 | Anita's pet and mother of pups in 101 Dalmatians |
| 38% | EVALONGORIA | 11 | "Overboard" actress who plays Dora's mother in "Dora and the Lost City of Gold": 2 wds. |
| 38% | BEVERLYCLEARY | 13 | Children's author of 18-Across and 30-Across who has a public school named for her in Portland, Oregon (2 wds.) |
| 37% | ANDL | 4 | Follower of P in accounting and S in finance |
| 37% | ELOISE | 6 | Plaza brat, in children's lit |
| 37% | SOAPBUBBLES | 11 | Products of a child's wand, and what are literally rising in this puzzle's circles |
| 37% | CHIAROSCURO | 11 | Artistic distribution of light and dark masses in a painting |
| 37% | JENNIFERLEE | 11 | Actress who voiced Queen of Arendelle, Anna and Elsa's mother in the musical fantasy film, "Frozen": 2 wds. |
| 37% | EIEIO | 5 | Refrain in a children's song ... or a literal feature of 17-, 25-, 42- and 55-Across |
| 36% | MASH | 4 | Acronym in the names of a children's game and a classic TV show |
| 36% | CIRCLE | 6 | ___ of Lights, Christmas event in Indiana featuring the Soldiers and Sailors Monument |
| 36% | ENA | 3 | Faline's mother, in "Bambi" |
| 36% | ENA | 3 | Faline's mother in "Bambi" |
| 36% | ADRASTUS | 8 | King of Argos in Greek legend whose children included Deipyle and Aegialeus |
| 36% | VANITY | 6 | Type of table found in a dressing room with mirror and lights |