| 100% | SIGNER | 6 | What collectors call Hancock or Franklin |
| 40% | GARBO | 5 | What Aussies call a trash collector |
| 39% | SHE | 3 | What to call a sow or cow |
| 38% | LEO | 3 | What "Leonard" or "Lionel" may be called, fondly |
| 38% | NAME | 4 | What a person or pet is called by |
| 38% | PAPA | 4 | What little kids might call their father or grandfather |
| 38% | OWIE | 4 | What a child might call a cut or scrape |
| 38% | SIS | 3 | What your mom or dad might call your aunt |
| 37% | SODA | 4 | What some people call "pop" or "cola" |
| 36% | PETNAME | 7 | What you might call your sweetie ... or your cat (2 wds.) |
| 36% | LOVE | 4 | Romantic subject or what grandma may call you endearingly |
| 36% | BABY | 4 | Crib dweller or what grandma may call you endearingly |
| 36% | HONEY | 5 | What bees store in hives or what grandma may call you endearingly |
| 35% | VEST | 4 | Part of some suits, or what British people call an undershirt |
| 34% | CHAIN | 5 | What a "series" of fools may be called, according to an Aretha Franklin song? |
| 34% | NOPIECEOFCAKE | 13 | What a chef might call each dessert featured in this puzzle, literally or figuratively |
| 34% | REX | 3 | Classic dog name ... or what a 9-Across should be called nowadays? |
| 33% | JACKOFALLTRADES | 15 | Handy sort, or what you might call the character holding Jobs #1-3 |
| 33% | DEAR | 4 | Opening word of grandma's letter or what she may call you endearingly |
| 33% | SUGAR | 5 | Sweetening cube in grandma's kitchen or what she may call you endearingly |
| 33% | EYEFUL | 6 | Spectacle, or (as a homophone) what you can't call today's puzzle |
| 33% | PRON | 4 | What "I," "you," "she," or "he" would be called in grammar, for short |
| 32% | COOKIE | 6 | "Choco-chip" treat that grandma may bake or what she may call you endearingly |
| 32% | SMEES | 5 | What some duck hunters call pintails or widgeons |
| 32% | FALLCLASSIC | 11 | Nickname for the World Series … or what you might call 17-, 28- or 45-Across? |
| 32% | DOTCOM | 6 | Ending for many tech company URLs, or what a tech company might be called: Hyph. |
| 31% | BILGERATS | 9 | Shipboard vermin, or what pirates call their enemies |
| 31% | STOVE | 5 | Potbelly or Franklin |
| 31% | BENJAMIN | 8 | Harrison or Franklin |
| 31% | ERMA | 4 | Bombeck or Franklin |