| 100% | SNOWY | 5 | ___ Owl, white diurnal bird whose population is decreasing due to the dwindling population of their prey lemmings |
| 28% | FLAMINGO | 8 | A bird whose pink plumage is due to its diet |
| 27% | EMU | 3 | Bird whose name is also the initials of a school in Ypsilanti |
| 27% | TROJANS | 7 | Their women's team is often referred to as the "Women of Troy" |
| 27% | DODO | 4 | Bird that was endemic to the island of Mauritius |
| 26% | ASTRO | 5 | Member of the M.L.B. team whose manager and G.M. were suspended and dismissed in January, 2020, due to a sign-stealing scandal |
| 26% | PLUTOCRAT | 9 | Someone whose power is due to their wealth |
| 26% | ADAMS | 5 | Abigail ___, former first lady whose ghost is said to haunt the White House |
| 26% | AARP | 4 | Org. whose membership is open to anyone over the age of 18, surprisingly |
| 26% | EAGLE | 5 | Bird whose call is often dubbed over with the call of a red-tailed hawk, on TV and in movies |
| 26% | DIAMONDJIMBRADY | 15 | Early railroad tycoon whose nickname is a hint to the starts of 17-, 23-, 51- and 62-Across |
| 26% | TENNESSEETITANS | 15 | Football team whose logo’s flames are a nod to the myth of Prometheus |
| 25% | CATS | 4 | 2019 flop whose Variety review began "Nine may not be enough lives for some of the stars to live down their involvement in this …" |
| 25% | PHANTOMORCHIDS | 14 | Flowers whose stark whiteness is due to complete lack of chlorophyll |
| 25% | NSA | 3 | Org. whose official number of employees is unknown to the public |
| 25% | VAST | 4 | Alternative rock band with the song "Touched" whose name is an abbreviation and also the title of their first album |
| 25% | SINGINGTHEBLUES | 15 | What the artists of 16-, 27- and 49-Across are doing (in reference to the last words of their hits)? |
| 25% | ERNE | 4 | Bird of prey such as the white-tailed eagle |
| 25% | LAME | 4 | Khaby ___ (TikToker whose follower count is greater than the population of Mexico) |
| 25% | HIP | 3 | What flower children of the sixties always wanted their parents to be |
| 25% | AKIN | 4 | "Sound of the birds is ___ to music" (similar) |
| 25% | QUAIDORSAY | 10 | Street in Paris whose name is used figuratively to refer to the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| 25% | FISK | 4 | Hall of Fame catcher Carlton whose number was retired by both the White Sox and Red Sox |
| 25% | LOVAGE | 6 | White-flowered European plant of the parsley family whose leaves are used for flavouring food |
| 25% | VULTURE | 7 | Large diurnal bird of prey of the hawk family that feeds on carrion |
| 25% | LURE | 4 | Leather effigy of a prey object that falconers use to train their birds |
| 25% | UMBRIEL | 7 | Darkest moon of Uranus, whose name is related to the Latin for "shadow" |
| 24% | DEN | 3 | Pharaoh of the First Dynasty of Egypt whose mother was believed to be Merneith |
| 24% | SEALS | 5 | Animals whose habitat can be found in the first three letters of their name |
| 24% | ABACA | 5 | Philippine plant related to the banana whose leafstalks are the source of Manila hemp |