| 100% | FAIR | 4 | Where Simple Simon was going, in the nursery rhyme |
| 51% | MYSHOE | 6 | What was buckled in the nursery rhyme One, two... |
| 47% | WEASEL | 6 | Animal that goes pop in the nursery rhyme |
| 45% | HUMPTY | 6 | ___ Dumpty, popular nursery rhyme character who was a reformed antagonist in the "Shrek" universe |
| 44% | WHOKILLED | 9 | With 59-Across, old English nursery rhyme being investigated by the detectives in this puzzle |
| 44% | DICKYBIRD | 9 | Peter or Paul in the nursery rhyme |
| 43% | ILL | 3 | "___ Be Gone in the Dark" (Michelle McNamara book) |
| 42% | MARGERY | 7 | Lazy woman in the nursery rhyme See saw __ daw |
| 42% | LITTLEDOG | 9 | It laughed in the nursery rhyme Hey Diddle Diddle |
| 42% | MUFFINMAN | 9 | Baker who lives on Drury Lane in the nursery rhyme |
| 42% | ATONE | 5 | When the mouse was gone from the clock, according to the nursery rhyme |
| 41% | YES | 3 | 2004 film by Sally Potter where virtually the complete dialogue is in iambic pentameter and usually rhyming |
| 40% | NIMBLE | 6 | Jack be __, Jack be quick, goes the nursery rhyme |
| 40% | JACKBUILT | 9 | Nursery rhyme: This Is the House that __ |
| 40% | PIEMAN | 6 | Simple Simon met a __, going to the fair |
| 39% | BBQPIT | 6 | Where dogs may be put in the backyard |
| 39% | NAM | 3 | Where many draftees were sent in the '60s |
| 39% | IDAHO | 5 | Where Moscow can be seen in the US |
| 39% | ZENGARDEN | 9 | Where lines may be drawn in the sand |
| 39% | SCHOOL | 6 | Where kids go in the mornings |
| 39% | IVES | 4 | "As I was going to St. ___ ..." (English nursery rhyme) |
| 39% | ERS | 3 | Where there may be openings in the medical field? |
| 39% | DRESSED | 7 | In the morning, kids are told to go get __ |
| 39% | ILL | 3 | "___ Be Gone in the Dark" true crime documentary series that premiered on June 28, 2020, on HBO |
| 38% | APIE | 4 | What 24 nursery rhyme blackbirds were baked in |
| 38% | CORSICAN | 8 | Spoken in the island where Napoleon was born |
| 38% | HIPS | 4 | Where hands go in the Time Warp dance |
| 38% | TOLLPLAZA | 9 | Where the going rate is charged? |
| 38% | TOLLBAR | 7 | Where the going rate is charged? |
| 38% | TOLLPLAZA | 9 | Where the going rate is charged |