| 100% | GEAR | 4 | Pack 'N Play and stroller, for a traveling parent |
| 43% | NAP | 3 | Break for a toddler and parent |
| 43% | STAGE | 5 | Platform for a play and performers |
| 41% | STAGEDOOR | 9 | Entryway for a play’s cast and crew |
| 41% | LOADUP | 6 | Pack, as a car for travel |
| 41% | SIT | 3 | Play parent for a night |
| 40% | STORMONT | 8 | A castle, and a metonym for N Irish government |
| 39% | CARDS | 5 | A pack of playing ___ (Uno, for e.g.) |
| 38% | NGOS | 4 | N.A.A.C.P. and A.C.L.U., for two |
| 38% | NEEDS | 5 | Sleep and a stiff drink, among others, for new parents |
| 38% | FAMILYTREAT | 11 | Trip to a restaurant for the parents and the kids? |
| 37% | TRU | 3 | Play for which Robert Morse won a Tony and a Drama Desk Award |
| 37% | GODOT | 5 | Whom Vladimir and Estragon were waiting for, in a Beckett play |
| 37% | GODOT | 5 | Vladimir and Estragon wait for him in a Samuel Beckett play |
| 37% | PTA | 3 | Teachers and parents in cooperation for betterment of a school (abbr) |
| 37% | FAITHP | 6 | She won a Tony for playing Miss Adelaide in "Guys and Dolls" |
| 36% | PERDIEM | 7 | Allowance for a traveling employee |
| 35% | ETUI | 4 | Item for a travel bag |
| 35% | SAL | 3 | Third baseman Bando who played for the A's in the 1960s and 1970s |
| 35% | TEASET | 6 | Pot cups and saucers, for a child to play with |
| 35% | NEONDEION | 9 | Nickname for the only man to play in a Super Bowl and a World Series |
| 35% | CUPHOLDER | 9 | Place for a travel mug, perhaps |
| 35% | RPG | 3 | Genre for games like "Dungeons and Dragons" that may be played as a hobby: Abbr. |
| 35% | DAVIS | 5 | Viola who won both a Tony and an Oscar for playing Rose Maxson in “Fences” |
| 35% | HUNT | 4 | *Treasure ___, gift pile alternative for Christmas in July ... and a game often played at camp |
| 34% | KEN | 3 | Watanabe who was Tony-nominated for playing a king and Oscar-nominated for playing a samurai |
| 34% | HAYLEYMILLS | 11 | 17-Across and "The Parent Trap" star who won a Juvenile Oscar for "Pollyanna" (2 wds.) |
| 34% | SAMSHEPARD | 10 | Writer, actor, and director who won a Pulitzer Prize for the play "Buried Child" (2 wds.) |
| 34% | KAYAK | 5 | *Sled alternative for Christmas in July ... and a watercraft one might use to travel the rapids |
| 34% | VIOLADAVIS | 10 | Actress who won a Tony and an Oscar for playing Rose Maxson in "Fences": 2 wds. |