| 100% | PIG | 3 | *Animal that goes "oink" ... or eat, eat, and eat some more with "out" |
| 49% | PET | 3 | Animal that goes to the vet and rhymes with "vet" |
| 42% | FISH | 4 | Little ocean swimmer or a word that goes with 16a, 24a, 34a, 41a, 54a, 22d, 26d, and 48d |
| 42% | BOOK | 4 | Item commonly borrowed from the library ... or a word that goes with 25a, 36a, 42a, 7d, and 37d |
| 40% | FAUNA | 5 | Animal life that goes with "flora" |
| 40% | HERBIVORE | 9 | Animal that feeds only or mainly on grass and other plants |
| 40% | FINISH | 6 | With 44-Down, go out with a bang ... or a hint to 16-, 21-, 29-, 34-, 46- and 54-Across |
| 40% | ORCA | 4 | Killer whale, and an animal that goes through menopause |
| 39% | ELEVATOR | 8 | ___ panel, console inside a lift that lets one select the level or floor ... and something with many buttons |
| 39% | MEAT | 4 | Animal flesh that is cooked and eaten |
| 39% | OMNIVORES | 9 | Animals that eat both plants and other animals |
| 39% | OMNIVORE | 8 | Animal that eats both plants and other animals |
| 39% | CAT | 3 | Animal that might eat Whiskas or Fancy Feast |
| 39% | FEW | 3 | Word that goes along with "proud" and "Marines" |
| 39% | TURTLES | 7 | Animals that have an outer shell and plastron |
| 38% | OMNIVORE | 8 | An animal that eats plants and animals |
| 38% | TIDE | 4 | Ocean phenomenon that goes in and out |
| 38% | OMNI | 4 | Word that goes with "present" or "scient" |
| 38% | SOY | 3 | Word that goes with sauce or milk |
| 38% | ICAL | 4 | Suffix that goes with "myth" or "poet" |
| 38% | TONE | 4 | Word that goes with "skin" or "ring" |
| 38% | OMNI | 4 | Prefix that goes with "present" or "potent" |
| 38% | SOY | 3 | Word that goes with "sauce" or "milk" |
| 38% | MEGA | 4 | Prefix that goes with "phone" and "ton" |
| 38% | SEA | 3 | Word that goes with urchin and horse |
| 38% | SHE | 3 | Pronoun that goes with "her" and "hers" |
| 38% | FAITH | 5 | Quality that goes with "hope" and "charity" |
| 38% | MONO | 4 | Prefix that goes with "chrome" and "log" |
| 38% | SOY | 3 | Sauce that goes with nigiri and sashimi |
| 38% | DATED | 5 | Out ... or went out with |