| 100% | HARE | 4 | "The Tortoise and the ___," a popular fable |
| 83% | HARE | 4 | "The Tortoise and the ___," a famed fable |
| 68% | BLACKBIRD | 9 | "The Bird-catcher and the ___," a popular fable by 38-Down that has a traditional tune in the Isle of Man |
| 67% | HARE | 4 | "The Tortoise and the ___," Aesop's fable |
| 67% | HARE | 4 | "The Tortoise and the ___" (Aesop's fable) |
| 66% | HARE | 4 | "The Tortoise and the ___" (Aesop fable) |
| 66% | HARE | 4 | "The Tortoise and the ___" (famed fable) |
| 65% | THREE | 5 | "The ___ Little Pigs," popular fable with a huffer and puffer |
| 65% | AESOP | 5 | Writer of fables like The Tortoise and the Hare |
| 64% | AESOPS | 6 | "___ Fables" (collection with "The Tortoise and the Hare") |
| 64% | HARE | 4 | "The Tortoise and the ___" (one of Aesop's Fables) |
| 63% | AESOP | 5 | Writer of the fable "The Tortoise and the Hare" |
| 63% | HARE | 4 | Loser to the tortoise, in a fable |
| 63% | HARE | 4 | Loser to the tortoise in a fable |
| 62% | AESOP | 5 | Source of fables such as "The Tortoise and the Hare" |
| 62% | AESOP | 5 | "Zeus and the Tortoise" fable writer |
| 61% | AESOP | 5 | Ancient Greek author of the fable "The Tortoise and the Hare" |
| 61% | AESOP | 5 | Legendary writer of fables such as "The Tortoise and the Hare" |
| 60% | HARE | 4 | Rabbit's kin who lost to a tortoise, in a popular fable |
| 60% | FISHERMAN | 9 | "The ___ and the Little Fish," a popular fable by 38-Down about a small fish that begs for its life on account of its size |
| 60% | HARE | 4 | "The Tortoise and the ___" (fable) |
| 60% | KIWI | 4 | Bird that sacrifices its wings to save the forest, in a popular fable |
| 58% | HARE | 4 | Loser to the tortoise in a fabled race |
| 58% | HARE | 4 | "The Tortoise and the ___" (fable by Aesop) |
| 57% | AESOP | 5 | "Fabled" author of "The Tortoise and the Hare" |
| 57% | HARE | 4 | Animal who lost to the tortoise in a fabled race |
| 54% | TAO | 3 | A cosmic and spiritual principle which is popular in the East |
| 53% | HARE | 4 | "The Tortoise and the ___" |
| 53% | HARE | 4 | "The Tortoise and the __" |
| 53% | GHOSTBUSTERS | 12 | Popular animated series from the 1980s featuring Tracy the Gorilla and Ansa-Bone, a talking skull phone |