| 100% | PROLES | 6 | "___ and animals are free" (party slogan in "1984") |
| 45% | ANGELADAVIS | 11 | Communist Party V.P. candidate in 1980 and 1984 |
| 42% | APE | 3 | Type of animal Ivan is, in the 2020 movie "The One and Only Ivan" |
| 41% | KIDS | 4 | New ___ on the Block, boy band that debuted in 1984 and which is known for the song "Step by Step" |
| 41% | DEM | 3 | Party of Lisa Blunt Rochester and Angela Alsobrooks, who were elected in Del. and Md., respectively (November, 2024) |
| 41% | ASP | 3 | Animal ordered to "be angry, and dispatch," in Shakespeare |
| 41% | CAGE | 4 | Animals are kept in it |
| 40% | TAPIRS | 6 | Large animals that look a little pig-like, are related to rhinos and live in the Amazon |
| 39% | LOSANGELES | 10 | California city that hosted the 1932 and 1984 Summer Olympics, and will host again in 2028 (2 wds.) |
| 39% | TORTOISE | 8 | Shelled reptile and winner of a fabled race that is one of the slowest animals in the world |
| 39% | OKA | 3 | Lada automobile brand that originally had a 40 cu in engine and was given to many service veterans free |
| 38% | LABGROWNMEAT | 12 | No animals were harmed in its making |
| 38% | ESTRUS | 6 | Stage when an animal is in heat |
| 38% | REVELEVER | 9 | Slogan for a party animal |
| 37% | ABA | 3 | Island in the White Nile in Sudan that is the base for the moderate Islamic and centrist Umma Party in Sudan |
| 37% | ZOO | 3 | Attraction where animals are housed in various habitats |
| 37% | ADIDAS | 6 | Sports brand slogan in 2011, __ is all in |
| 37% | BIOTA | 5 | Plant and animal life in a particular region |
| 37% | WILDLIFE | 8 | Animals and plants found in nature |
| 37% | PUSHUPDAISIES | 13 | Be dead and buried, in slang |
| 37% | AWE | 3 | Be in ___ of (respect and fear) |
| 37% | STEW | 4 | Be in a mood and brood |
| 37% | LAMB | 4 | Am in pound for an animal |
| 37% | TETRIS | 6 | Game which was released in 1984 and holds the record for most copies sold ever |
| 36% | PIGS | 4 | Animals that are targets in Angry Birds |
| 36% | LIONS | 5 | Animals found in both mountains and seas? |
| 36% | OWE | 3 | Be a borrower and be in debt |
| 36% | PREY | 4 | Animal caught and eaten in the wild |
| 36% | MEAT | 4 | Animal flesh that is cooked and eaten |
| 36% | FEARS | 5 | Being in the dark, maybe, and others |