| 100% | JACK | 4 | With 29-Across and 30-Across, nursery rhyme siblings who went up a hill |
| 43% | HILL | 4 | What Jack and Jill went up, in a nursery rhyme |
| 38% | SISTER | 6 | With 29-Across, Pam Ferris character who was a midwife and nun in Nonnatus House on "Call the Midwife" |
| 38% | TOM | 3 | Nursery rhyme boy who "stole a pig, and away he run" |
| 37% | JACKANDJILL | 11 | Nursery rhyme about a disastrous trip up a hill |
| 37% | PAIL | 4 | "Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a ___ of water" |
| 36% | LATEBLOOMER | 11 | One who catches up eventually ... or a hint to the ends of 17-, 30- and 46-Across |
| 35% | DISH | 4 | One who ran away with the spoon, in a nursery rhyme |
| 35% | YOYOING | 7 | Playing with a toy that goes up and down on string |
| 35% | FINISH | 6 | With 44-Down, go out with a bang ... or a hint to 16-, 21-, 29-, 34-, 46- and 54-Across |
| 35% | CLIMB | 5 | Go up a hill, say |
| 35% | HUMPTYDUMPTY | 12 | Nursery rhyme character who had a great fall (2 wds.) |
| 34% | THEBEACHBOYS | 12 | 14-Across and 26-Across band who also had a hit with the 1965 song "California Girls" (3 wds.) |
| 34% | FRESH | 5 | With 28 Across, a new beginning (and with how 2020 has gone, we might all need it) |
| 33% | YOYO | 4 | Toy with a string, goes down and comes back up: Hyph. |
| 33% | CRIMINALMINDS | 13 | FBI drama starring A.J. Cook, 15-Across, and 30-Across that was revived with an "Evolution" series (2 wds.) |
| 33% | CITYSLICKERS | 12 | Comedy film starring 42-Across as a New Yorker who goes on a cattle drive with his friends (2 wds.) |
| 33% | JONIMITCHELL | 12 | 15-Across and 44-Across singer-songwriter who was honored with a Gershwin Award in 2023 (2 wds.) |
| 33% | TBAR | 4 | One means of going up a hill |
| 33% | HIKER | 5 | One who climbs up a hill, perhaps |
| 33% | SHOWY | 5 | A word used to describe someone who is flamboyant and theatrical (rhymes with "snowy") |
| 33% | UNBREAKABLE | 11 | With 29-Across, Netflix comedy about a woman who is rescued from a cult |
| 33% | JOHN | 4 | With 32-Across, "SmackDown" superstar who's also a rapper and actor |
| 33% | TILDASWINTON | 12 | 18-Across and 30-Across co-star who co-stars with Bill Murray in "The Dead Don't Die" (2 wds.) |
| 33% | KANG | 4 | Han whose “Greek Lessons” is about a woman with aphonia and her language teacher, who is going blind (trans. April, 2023) |
| 33% | JENNIFERLOPEZ | 13 | 15-Across and 27-Across singer who was the first woman honored with a "Billboard" Icon Award (2 wds) |
| 33% | JILL | 4 | Jack's partner who goes up the hill |
| 33% | INLOW | 5 | How a trucker might go up a hill |
| 33% | PETER | 5 | With 29-Down, nursery rhyme starter |
| 33% | MIME | 4 | Street artist who speaks through gestures, and a word that rhymes with "time" |