| 100% | MOUSEKING | 9 | Rodent monarch in The Nutcracker |
| 56% | EMIR | 4 | Monarch in the Middle East |
| 52% | SUGARPLUM | 9 | Type of fairy in the Nutcracker ballet |
| 51% | SUGARPLUM | 9 | This type of fairy danced in The Nutcracker |
| 48% | RAT | 3 | Rodent in the Chinese zodiac |
| 48% | RAT | 3 | Rodent in the Vietnamese zodiac |
| 47% | STAHLBAUM | 9 | Family whose home The Nutcracker is set in |
| 47% | RATS | 4 | Rodents featured in the Chinese zodiac for most of 2020 |
| 47% | SUGARPLUM | 9 | The sweet fairy in The Nutcracker |
| 47% | PHIL | 4 | Rodent in the news last month |
| 46% | STAR | 4 | Twinkler in the sky Rodents in many lab tests |
| 46% | QEII | 4 | Monarch who took the throne in '52 |
| 46% | RAT | 3 | Rodent in the animated film "Flushed Away" |
| 46% | MOUSEHOLE | 9 | Where rodents disappear in the skirting boards |
| 45% | KINGMINOS | 9 | Monarch who entrapped the Minotaur in a maze |
| 44% | SQUIRRELS | 9 | Rodents in the Sciuridae family, very wary of dogs |
| 44% | PEST | 4 | Unwelcome rodent in the house |
| 44% | PESTS | 5 | Unwanted rodents in the field |
| 43% | SEWERRAT | 8 | Common rodent in the 38-Down |
| 43% | HMS | 3 | Prefix for the vessels in a monarch's navy |
| 42% | CLARA | 5 | Main role in "The Nutcracker" |
| 42% | CLARA | 5 | Female lead in "The Nutcracker" |
| 42% | PLIE | 4 | Movement in "The Nutcracker" |
| 42% | RAT | 3 | Rodent that represents the current year in the Chinese calendar |
| 42% | RAT | 3 | Rodent that's the first animal in the Chinese zodiac |
| 42% | RATS | 4 | Rodents that followed the Pied Piper, in an old legend |
| 41% | CAPYBARA | 8 | Largest friendliest rodent in the world |
| 41% | CAPYBARAS | 9 | Largest living rodents in the world |
| 41% | REIMS | 5 | City in Marne; scene of the coronation of most French monarchs |
| 41% | RAT | 3 | Sarcastic rodent in the comic strip "Pearls Before Swine" |