| 100% | NOTA | 4 | ''__ creature was stirring . . .'' |
| 100% | NOTA | 4 | ''___ creature was stirring |
| 94% | NOTA | 4 | "___ creature was stirring ... " (2 wds.) |
| 94% | NOTA | 4 | "___ creature was stirring...": 2 wds. |
| 91% | EVE | 3 | "Not a creature was stirring" time |
| 88% | EVEN | 4 | "Not a creature was stirring, not ___ a mouse" |
| 83% | ANAPESTS | 8 | Metric quartet in "Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse" |
| 63% | CLIMBTHEWALLS | 13 | Be stir-crazy |
| 55% | LOWTIDE | 7 | When some sea creatures are exposed |
| 54% | OWLS | 4 | Creatures said to be wise |
| 54% | WORMS | 5 | Creatures vermicelli is named for |
| 53% | ERE | 3 | "Myself was stirring ___ the break of day": Shak. |
| 52% | ELF | 3 | Creature in fairy tales, mischievous being |
| 52% | EEL | 3 | Creature for whom Anguilla is named |
| 52% | EELS | 4 | Creatures for whom Anguilla was named |
| 51% | BLACKBIRD | 9 | 24 of this creature were baked in a pie |
| 51% | EEL | 3 | Creature for whose shape Anguilla was named |
| 51% | EELS | 4 | Creatures whose name is "5733" upside-down |
| 51% | OGRE | 4 | Type of creature Shrek is |
| 50% | GRIFFIN | 7 | Creature which is part lion and part eagle |
| 50% | FROG | 4 | Creature that may be transformed after a kiss |
| 50% | BUFFALO | 7 | Creature whose milk is used to make mozzarella |
| 50% | STARFISH | 8 | Creature who is SpongeBob's best friend Patrick |
| 49% | WEREWOLF | 8 | Remus Lupin was secretly this creature |
| 49% | ORC | 3 | Fictional humanoid creature that is ugly |
| 49% | OGRE | 4 | Type of creature that Shrek is |
| 49% | IMPALA | 6 | I am giving friend a creature |
| 49% | INOIL | 5 | How things are generally stir-fried |
| 49% | MARTINI | 7 | Bond's is shaken, not stirred |
| 49% | BIRDS | 5 | Modern creatures that are technically dinosaurs |