| 100% | PIG | 3 | Animal whose heart was successfully transplanted into a human in 2022 |
| 37% | APE | 3 | Animal whose genetic structure is close to a human's |
| 35% | REDPANDA | 8 | Animal that Mei turns into in a 2022 Pixar film |
| 32% | GNU | 3 | Animal whose young is a calf |
| 31% | ILOVELUCY | 9 | Classic sitcom whose title was written in cursive over a heart (3 wds.) |
| 31% | HORSE | 5 | Animal whose height is measured in hands |
| 31% | CAT | 3 | Animal whose cry is hidden in "homeowner" |
| 31% | APE | 3 | Animal whose genetic structure is close to humans' |
| 31% | APE | 3 | Animal whose name is a synonym of "parrot" |
| 31% | GIRAFFE | 7 | Animal whose vertebrae can be a foot long |
| 30% | YAK | 3 | Animal whose hair was used in Chewbacca's costume |
| 30% | ROO | 3 | Animal whose young is called a joey, for short |
| 30% | OKAPI | 5 | Animal whose tongue is more than a foot long |
| 30% | APE | 3 | Animal whose name is also a synonym for "mimic" |
| 30% | HOME | 4 | Where the heart is, in a saying |
| 30% | ERR | 3 | Be human, in a way |
| 30% | ERR | 3 | Be human, in a way? |
| 30% | SOLOMON | 7 | With 18-Across, free New York black man abducted into slavery whose true story is told in "12 Years a Slave" |
| 30% | KOALA | 5 | Animal whose main diet, eucalyptus leaves, is poisonous to humans |
| 30% | BADGER | 6 | Animal whose name can also be a verb meaning "nag" |
| 30% | APE | 3 | Animal whose name can also be a verb meaning "mimic" |
| 30% | GIRAFFES | 8 | Tall animals whose collective name is a tower |
| 30% | SNAIL | 5 | Animal whose teeth are the strongest substance in the natural world |
| 30% | ASS | 3 | Animal whose jawbone Samson used as a weapon in the Bible |
| 30% | EWE | 3 | Animal whose name, when capitalized, is a major West African language |
| 29% | EWE | 3 | Farm animal whose name is a palindrome |
| 29% | BISON | 5 | Large land animal whose meat can be used in burgers |
| 29% | NARWHAL | 7 | Aquatic animal whose tusk is actually a tooth |
| 29% | EMOJI | 5 | A heart one might be used in flirty texts |
| 28% | SEALS | 5 | Animals whose habitat can be found in the first three letters of their name |