| 100% | JABBERWOCKY | 11 | Nonsense poem that starts "'Twas brillig, and the slithy tov |
| 42% | TWAS | 4 | "___ brillig, and the slithy toves" (start of "Jabberwocky") |
| 38% | TWAS | 4 | "___ brillig, and the slithy toves..." ("Jabberwocky" opening) |
| 37% | TWAS | 4 | "___ brillig, and the slithy toves ... " (first line of "Jabberwocky") |
| 37% | TWAS | 4 | "___ brillig, and the slithy toves" (opening line of "Jabberwocky") |
| 36% | OREGANO | 7 | Herb that starts and ends with the same letter |
| 36% | OHIO | 4 | State that starts and ends with the same letter |
| 36% | URDU | 4 | Language that starts and ends with the same letter |
| 36% | ANACONDA | 8 | Apex predator that starts and ends with the same letter |
| 36% | AENEID | 6 | Work that starts "I sing of arms and the man" |
| 36% | OREO | 4 | Food item that starts and ends with the same letter |
| 35% | OSLO | 4 | Northern European city that starts and ends with the same letter |
| 35% | TWINIGHT | 8 | Like doubleheaders that start in the afternoon and end after dark (Hyph.) |
| 33% | RAVEN | 5 | Poe poem that starts "Once upon a midnight dreary," with "The" |
| 33% | FEB | 3 | Only mo. that can start and end on the same day |
| 33% | GREATWHITE | 10 | Words that can precede the starts of 20-, 29- and 45-Across |
| 33% | BERRY | 5 | Word that follows the start of 21-, 26-, 43- and 50-Across |
| 32% | BIGPOPPA | 8 | 1995 platinum rap hit that starts "To all the ladies in the place with style and grace" |
| 32% | CAT | 3 | "The ___ and the Fiddle," nursery rhyme that may be one of the first poems you learned |
| 32% | TWAS | 4 | ''___ brillig and the slithey toves . . .'' |
| 32% | BOOK | 4 | "The Ring and the ___," narrative poem written by Robert Browning that is set in Rome |
| 32% | KNOTS | 5 | Word that can follow the starts of 17-, 23-, 51- and 59-Across |
| 32% | FRENCH | 6 | Word that can precede the starts of 20-, 28-, 46- and 57-Across |
| 32% | IRON | 4 | Element that can precede the starts of 20-, 31-, 47- and 54-Across |
| 32% | LUCK | 4 | Word that can follow the starts of 20-, 26-, 43- and 52-Across |
| 32% | CAPTAIN | 7 | Title that can precede the starts of 17-, 23-, 49- and 59-Across |
| 32% | MOVERS | 6 | Businesses that tend to be busiest at the starts and ends of months |
| 32% | LINE | 4 | Word that can follow the starts of 17-, 27-, 44- and 59-Across |
| 32% | SOMETHING | 9 | Word that can precede the starts of 18-, 20-, 53- and 58-Across |
| 32% | LITTLERED | 9 | Phrase that can precede the starts of 17-, 25-, 40- and 50-Across |