| 100% | KOALA | 5 | Animal whose genus name, Phascolarctos, means "pouch bear" |
| 60% | ORCAS | 5 | Marine animals whose genus name means "of the kingdom of the dead" |
| 49% | BADGER | 6 | Animal whose name also means "pester" |
| 49% | RHINO | 5 | Animal whose name means, literally, "nose" |
| 48% | RHINO | 5 | Animal whose full name means "nose horn" |
| 48% | HIPPO | 5 | Animal whose full name means "river horse" |
| 48% | RHINO | 5 | Animal whose full name means "nose-horned" |
| 47% | YAK | 3 | Animal whose name also means "to keep talking" |
| 47% | APE | 3 | Animal whose name can also mean "big brute" |
| 47% | MOOSE | 5 | Animal whose name means "eater of bark" in Algonquian |
| 47% | YAK | 3 | Animal whose name can also mean "talk a lot" |
| 46% | RHINO | 5 | African animal whose name means "nose-horned" |
| 46% | MASTODON | 8 | Extinct animal whose name means “breast tooth” |
| 46% | BADGER | 6 | Animal whose name can also be a verb meaning "nag" |
| 46% | APE | 3 | Animal whose name can also be a verb meaning "mimic" |
| 45% | APE | 3 | Large animal whose name also means to imitate someone |
| 43% | ALLOSAURUS | 10 | Jurassic genus whose name means, literally, "different lizard" |
| 40% | AYLA | 4 | The Clan of the Cave Bear protagonist whose name means "moonlight" in Turkish |
| 38% | SLOTH | 5 | Animal whose name suggests laziness |
| 37% | OCELOT | 6 | Animal whose name comes from Nahuatl |
| 37% | EWE | 3 | Animal whose name sounds like you? |
| 37% | GNU | 3 | Animal whose name sounds like new? |
| 37% | BEET | 4 | Vegetable whose genus name is also a Greek letter |
| 37% | EWE | 3 | Animal whose name sounds like a pronoun |
| 37% | GNU | 3 | Animal whose name has a silent initial |
| 37% | LION | 4 | Animal whose scientific name is Panthera leo |
| 37% | HIPPO | 5 | Animal whose full name ends with "potamus" |
| 37% | OCELOT | 6 | Animal whose scientific name is Leopardus pardalis
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| 37% | RAM | 3 | Animal whose name anagrams to 16-Across |
| 36% | BOA | 3 | Creature whose genus name and English name are the same |