| 100% | CAT | 3 | Animal whose cry is hidden in "homeowner" |
| 54% | HORSE | 5 | Animal whose height is measured in hands |
| 53% | YAK | 3 | Animal whose hair was used in Chewbacca's costume |
| 53% | APE | 3 | Primate whose name is hidden in "tape" |
| 53% | OREO | 4 | Cookie whose name is hidden in "choreography" |
| 50% | BEETHOVEN | 9 | Composer whose works are hidden in 30-, 39- and 48-Across |
| 50% | RHINO | 5 | Animal whose horn is worth more than its weight in gold |
| 50% | SNAIL | 5 | Animal whose teeth are the strongest substance in the natural world |
| 50% | PIG | 3 | Animal whose heart was successfully transplanted into a human in 2022 |
| 50% | ONI | 3 | Demonic being whose name is hidden in this clue |
| 49% | BISON | 5 | Large land animal whose meat can be used in burgers |
| 48% | SEALS | 5 | Animals whose habitat can be found in the first three letters of their name |
| 48% | ARI | 3 | NPR host Shapiro whose name is hidden in "Costa Rica" |
| 48% | ELS | 3 | Ernie ___, golfer whose name is hidden in "Helsinki" |
| 46% | IRAN | 4 | Country whose last letters are hidden in "Tehran" |
| 44% | NSA | 3 | Org. whose initials are aptly hidden in "foreign satellite interception" |
| 43% | ANT | 3 | Insect that is hidden in "cantaloupe" |
| 43% | SOCKS | 5 | Christmas presents are hidden in them |
| 42% | TAB | 3 | Bar bill that is hidden in "Tabasco" |
| 42% | AMP | 3 | Sound booster that is hidden in "Campari" |
| 42% | SERGE | 5 | Twilled fabric that is hidden in "sergeant" |
| 42% | CROCODILE | 9 | Animal whose tears are fake |
| 42% | HARE | 4 | Animal whose young are leverets |
| 42% | POE | 3 | "Tamarlane and Other Poems" author, whose name is hidden in this clue |
| 41% | PETE | 4 | Trumpeter Minger (whose first name is hidden in this clue) |
| 41% | TAN | 3 | Sun-kissed shade that is hidden in "tangerine" |
| 41% | PER | 3 | "P" of MPH that is hidden in "caper" |
| 41% | TAR | 3 | Road-paving goo that is hidden in "tartare" |
| 41% | KONA | 4 | Hawaiian coastal area that is hidden in "konami" |
| 41% | GEMS | 4 | What are hidden in the four longest answers |