| 100% | IVES | 4 | St. ___, locale in an English nursery rhyme |
| 54% | HUMPTY | 6 | __ Dumpty, English nursery rhyme about an egg |
| 49% | SPRAT | 5 | Jack of an old English nursery rhyme |
| 48% | WHOKILLED | 9 | With 59-Across, old English nursery rhyme being investigated by the detectives in this puzzle |
| 44% | CONTRARY | 8 | English nursery rhyme: "Mary, Mary, Quite __" |
| 43% | PUMPKIN | 7 | Peter, Peter, __-Eater, old English nursery rhyme |
| 43% | YEW | 3 | Plant in an English hedge |
| 42% | ESSAY | 5 | Writing assignment in an English class |
| 42% | EEL | 3 | Jellied fish in an English dish |
| 42% | ESSAY | 5 | Lengthy answer, in an English exam |
| 41% | CONTRARY | 8 | Famous English nursery rhyme: Mary, Mary, Quite __ |
| 41% | REED | 4 | One of two in an English horn |
| 41% | FOURANDTWENTYMERLS | 18 | Nursery rhyme "ingredients," in Crosswordville |
| 39% | SHOE | 4 | Abode for an old woman in a popular nursery rhyme |
| 38% | BAABAA | 6 | Nursery rhyme call sung to an old French melody |
| 38% | H/DUMPTY | 8 | Nursery rhyme character known as Lille Trille in Denmark |
| 38% | KEW | 3 | Locale in lilac-time, in an Alfred Noyes poem |
| 38% | PAWN | 4 | Element of an English Opening in chess |
| 38% | HUMPTYDUMPTY | 12 | Nursery rhyme figure often depicted as an anthropomorphic 10-Down |
| 38% | MARY | 4 | Nursery rhyme name that's said twice in a row |
| 38% | APIE | 4 | What 24 nursery rhyme blackbirds were baked in |
| 37% | ABCS | 4 | English basics taught in nursery school |
| 37% | IVES | 4 | St. ___ (destination in a rhyming riddle) |
| 37% | HUMPTYDUMPTY | 12 | Nursery rhyme character in Lewis Carroll book Through the Looking-Glass |
| 37% | WAREHOUSE | 9 | Helena G Wells is an English author in __ 13 |
| 36% | ASHOE | 5 | What the old woman of nursery rhyme fame lived in |
| 36% | SHOE | 4 | Home for an "old woman" in a nursery rhyme |
| 36% | SHOE | 4 | Where an old woman lived, in a nursery rhyme |
| 36% | IVES | 4 | St. in a children's rhyme |
| 36% | THESCARLETLETTER | 16 | Provider of an A in English? |