| 100% | CROUCHES | 8 | Talks with a tot, perhaps |
| 64% | KNELT | 5 | Prepared to talk to a tot, perhaps |
| 59% | CALLING | 7 | With 104-Across, talking with a fake rasp, perhaps |
| 58% | RASPS | 5 | Talks with a gravelly voice |
| 57% | RASPS | 5 | Talks with a very sore throat |
| 56% | PATA | 4 | ___-cake (game with a tot) |
| 56% | SER | 3 | Weekly talk with a msg. |
| 53% | LISP | 4 | Tot's talk, perhaps |
| 53% | HOT | 3 | With a long wait list, perhaps |
| 53% | COOED | 5 | Talked to a pet, perhaps |
| 53% | REB | 3 | Deal with a freeze, perhaps |
| 53% | FIESTA | 6 | Party with a piñata, perhaps |
| 53% | EELER | 5 | Person with a net, perhaps |
| 53% | ABET | 4 | Provide with a hideout, perhaps |
| 53% | RAZE | 4 | Flatten with a bulldozer, perhaps |
| 53% | OATER | 5 | Picture with a posse, perhaps |
| 53% | AXLE | 4 | Shaft with a linchpin, perhaps |
| 53% | LIMO | 4 | Car with a bar, perhaps |
| 53% | LIMO | 4 | Vehicle with a minibar, perhaps |
| 53% | GARAGE | 6 | Room with a Vue, perhaps |
| 53% | SADDLE | 6 | Seat with a horn, perhaps |
| 53% | ILL | 3 | Down with a fever, perhaps |
| 53% | SWAT | 4 | Whack with a newspaper, perhaps |
| 53% | DAB | 3 | Apply with a swab, perhaps |
| 53% | ARIA | 4 | Song with a cadenza, perhaps |
| 53% | SCROLL | 6 | Move with a mouse, perhaps |
| 53% | OATER | 5 | Movie with a posse, perhaps |
| 53% | SEW | 3 | Work with a pattern, perhaps |
| 53% | SEQUEL | 6 | Title with a number, perhaps |
| 53% | JUMP | 4 | Play with a bungee, perhaps |