| 100% | HOO | 3 | Rhyming syllable after "woo" |
| 55% | PAH | 3 | Syllable after “oom” |
| 55% | LALA | 4 | Syllables after ''tra'' |
| 54% | TSE | 3 | Syllable after 6-Down |
| 51% | TOE | 3 | Syllable after "tac" in a game |
| 51% | DAH | 3 | Syllable after "di" (see 53-Down) |
| 51% | PAH | 3 | Musical syllable after "oom" |
| 51% | FAA | 3 | Music syllable after "mi" |
| 51% | SOL | 3 | Song syllable after "Fa" |
| 50% | WUSHU | 5 | Martial art with rhyming syllables |
| 49% | TOP | 3 | Rhyming word after "crop" |
| 49% | READ | 4 | Rhyming word after speed |
| 48% | CHA | 3 | Syllable repeated after "hot" |
| 48% | DEE | 3 | Syllable repeated after "fiddle" |
| 46% | HOO | 3 | Syllable before boy or after boo |
| 45% | RAH | 3 | Syllable often rhymed with sis boom bah |
| 44% | TAC | 3 | Syllable that can go before or after tic |
| 43% | RON | 3 | Song syllable repeated after "Da Doo" |
| 43% | DUM | 3 | Musical syllable before and after "da" |
| 42% | ROM | 3 | First syllable of a rhyming film genre |
| 42% | SCI | 3 | First syllable of a rhyming film genre |
| 42% | THETA | 5 | Greek letter after (and rhyming with) eta |
| 42% | ETA | 3 | Greek letter after (and rhyming with) zeta |
| 41% | JILL | 4 | She "came tumbling after," in a nursery rhyme |
| 41% | UNTO | 4 | Quaint word whose syllables rhyme with consecutive numbers |
| 39% | ETA | 3 | Greek letter that comes after (and rhymes with) zeta |
| 39% | DUH | 3 | Exclamation after a stupid question that rhymes with "huh" |
| 38% | ETA | 3 | Letter that rhymes with the ones before and after it |
| 38% | ETA | 3 | Letter that rhymes with the letters before and after it |
| 37% | ANDABOTTLEOFRUM | 15 | Words after the starting syllables of 17-, 29- and 43-Across |