| 100% | TARTS | 5 | The Queen of Hearts's output, in a nursery rhyme |
| 69% | TART | 4 | Type of pastry made by the Queen of Hearts, in a nursery rhyme |
| 60% | KNAVE | 5 | ___ of Hearts (tart thief in a nursery rhyme) |
| 54% | BAA | 3 | Word repeated before "black sheep," in a nursery rhyme that may be one of the first poems you learned |
| 52% | TOM | 3 | The piper's son, in a nursery rhyme |
| 51% | TOM | 3 | "The piper's son," in a nursery rhyme |
| 51% | TITANIA | 7 | Queen of the Fairies in A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| 51% | TOM | 3 | The piper’s son, in a nursery rhyme |
| 50% | CRADLE | 6 | Nursery item that falls out of a tree in the rhyme “Rock-a-Bye Baby” |
| 50% | FALLINGDOWN | 11 | Like the contents of this puzzle's circled squares, in a nursery rhyme |
| 49% | TITANIA | 7 | Queen of the fairies in William Shakespeare play A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| 49% | HEADS | 5 | "Off with their ___!" catchphrase for the Queen of Hearts in 17a |
| 49% | TITANIA | 7 | Queen of the fairies in the William Shakespeare play A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| 48% | HIPPOLYTA | 9 | Queen of the Amazons betrothed to Theseus in William Shakespeare play A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| 47% | RULER | 5 | The Queen of Hearts, vis-à-vis Wonderland |
| 47% | DELL | 4 | Farmer’s place, in a nursery rhyme |
| 47% | HEDGEHOGS | 9 | The balls in the Queen of Hearts' croquet game |
| 46% | HUMPTYDUMPTY | 12 | Nursery rhyme about the perils of sitting on a wall |
| 46% | LAMB | 4 | Follower of Mary, in a nursery rhyme |
| 46% | JACK | 4 | Jill's partner in a nursery rhyme |
| 46% | CURDS | 5 | Whey's partner in a nursery rhyme |
| 46% | LAMB | 4 | Mary's pet, in a nursery rhyme |
| 46% | DELL | 4 | Farmer's location in a nursery rhyme |
| 46% | TISKET | 6 | Tasket's partner in a nursery rhyme |
| 46% | DELL | 4 | Farmer's place, in a nursery rhyme |
| 46% | LAMB | 4 | Mary's follower, in a nursery rhyme |
| 46% | JILL | 4 | Jack's companion in a nursery rhyme |
| 46% | MAINST | 6 | Sign in the heart of many a small town's downtown (2 wds.) |
| 45% | MICE | 4 | Three Blind ___, characters from a nursery rhyme who are seen in the "Shrek" franchise |
| 45% | TARTS | 5 | What the Knave of Hearts stole, in a classic poem |