| 100% | BAA | 3 | Word repeated before "black sheep," in a nursery rhyme that may be one of the first poems you learned |
| 66% | STAR | 4 | "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little ___," nursery rhyme that may be one of the first poems you learned |
| 62% | CAT | 3 | "The ___ and the Fiddle," nursery rhyme that may be one of the first poems you learned |
| 45% | BAA | 3 | Word repeated before "black sheep" in a nursery rhyme |
| 45% | BAA | 3 | Word repeated before "black sheep," in a nursery rhyme |
| 41% | BAA | 3 | First word of a nursery rhyme that ends "And one for the little boy who lives down the lane" |
| 38% | BAA | 3 | Word before "black sheep" in a nursery rhyme |
| 36% | MONTH | 5 | One of the twelve divisions in a year, and a word that has an obscure perfect rhyme with the word "oneth" |
| 36% | BAA | 3 | Word said twice before "black sheep" in a nursery rhyme |
| 36% | BAA | 3 | Word sung twice before "black sheep" in a nursery rhyme |
| 35% | BAA | 3 | First word of the nursery rhyme that contains the line "Have you any wool?" |
| 34% | TWINKLE | 7 | Word repeated before "little star," in a nursery rhyme |
| 34% | HERO | 4 | *Person who saves the day... and a word you may use to describe those being celebrated in this puzzle |
| 33% | KITE | 4 | Flier that might be of a variety in the shaded squares |
| 33% | LOVEKNOT | 8 | *Romantic symbol that may be tied in the shape of a heart |
| 33% | BIENVENUE | 9 | Word that might be in the introduction to a French textbook |
| 33% | BAA | 3 | Sound repeated before “black sheep,” in a Mother Goose rhyme |
| 32% | MYRRH | 5 | One of the gifts of the Magi with a scent that may remind you of the holidays |
| 32% | IDO | 3 | Promise that may be made in front of a justice of the peace (2 wds.) |
| 32% | LUGE | 4 | Winter Olympic sport which is also a small one or two person sled that rhymes with "huge" and was first played in the 1870s |
| 32% | ROCKIGUANA | 10 | The Jamaican ___, a lizard that is one of the rarest creatures, and was declared extinct before being found again in 1970: 2 wds. |
| 32% | LITE | 4 | First word in the rhyming name of a peg toy |
| 32% | LOUDSPEAKER | 11 | One may be put in the corner of a classroom |
| 32% | SSW | 3 | One of the half winds on a compass rose that was named "Ostro-Libeccio" in the 14th and 15th centuries |
| 32% | ARENA | 5 | A court may be in the middle of one |
| 31% | SYD | 3 | Name of a 2000 Summer Olympics official mascot (the one that was a platypus, in case you were wondering) |
| 31% | PHONE | 5 | One of the first words E.T. learns |
| 31% | SIT | 3 | One of the first commands a puppy learns |
| 31% | PSALM | 5 | The first one begins "Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly" |
| 31% | RITE | 4 | Learning to read and w___ is one of the first things taught in school |