| 100% | SUE | 3 | Title boy of song who "grew up quick" and "grew up mean" and his "fist got hard" and "wits got keen" |
| 34% | SUE | 3 | Boy of song who hated his name |
| 31% | LOLA | 4 | Title character of song who "walks like a woman and talks like a man" |
| 31% | PETERPAN | 8 | Boy who can fly and never grows up |
| 29% | PETERPAN | 8 | Classic story of The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up |
| 29% | PETERPAN | 8 | Book about a boy who can fly and never grows up |
| 29% | LAYLA | 5 | 1970 song by Eric Clapton featuring the titular character who's got him "on his knees," and is just the kind of girl they sing songs about |
| 28% | PAN | 3 | Peter ___, the Neverland boy who stays forever young and refuses to grow up |
| 28% | REHAB | 5 | Place to get clean and also the title of 16a's signature song |
| 27% | ELEANORRIGBY | 12 | Title woman of song who "lives in a dream" |
| 26% | PETERPAN | 8 | Boy who doesn't want to grow up |
| 25% | PETERPAN | 8 | Boy who refused to grow up |
| 25% | DONUT | 5 | (3/6) Stop Homer Simpson from devouring this favorite sweet treat of his, or he'll get distracted and goof up again! |
| 25% | MOUNDING | 8 | Description of plants that grow both up and out |
| 25% | WENDY | 5 | Title girl of a 1964 Beach Boys song |
| 25% | REHAB | 5 | Title of songs by Rihanna and Amy Winehouse |
| 24% | MERCUTIO | 8 | Romeo's close friend and sidekick in the Shakespearean play, who is known for his quick wit and tragic fate |
| 24% | AGIRL | 5 | End of song titles starting "About" and "I Kissed" |
| 24% | ADAMSANDLER | 11 | "Grown Ups" actor who played the title boy's father in "That's My Boy": 2 wds. |
| 24% | PETERPAN | 8 | The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up |
| 24% | ELVISPRESLEY | 12 | "Love Me Tender" star who was given the honorific title of "King of Rock and Roll" by his fans: 2 wds. |
| 24% | PAN | 3 | Peter ___, the boy who wouldn't grow up |
| 24% | PAN | 3 | Peter ___ (fictional boy who would never grow up) |
| 24% | PETERPAN | 8 | Boy who refuses to grow up, created by J.M. Barrie |
| 24% | LEAR | 4 | Title character of whom it's said "Vex not his ghost" |
| 24% | PETERPAN | 8 | Round collar named after boy who never grows up |
| 24% | GAYE | 4 | Marvin ___, former member of Harvey and the New Moonglows who is known for his solo hits like "Let's Get It On" and "What's Going On" |
| 24% | CHAIRLIFT | 9 | Means of getting up while sitting down? |
| 24% | EDELWEISS | 9 | Song title and national flower of Austria |
| 24% | LITTLEDORRIT | 12 | Title woman in a Charles Dickens novel who grows up in a debtors' prison: 2 wds. |