| 100% | YAK | 3 | Animal whose name also means "to keep talking" |
| 77% | APE | 3 | Large animal whose name also means to imitate someone |
| 66% | BADGER | 6 | Animal whose name also means "pester" |
| 64% | YAK | 3 | Animal whose name can also mean "talk a lot" |
| 60% | APE | 3 | Animal whose name can also mean "big brute" |
| 58% | BADGER | 6 | Animal whose name can also be a verb meaning "nag" |
| 58% | APE | 3 | Animal whose name can also be a verb meaning "mimic" |
| 56% | YAK | 3 | Animal that also means to talk incessantly |
| 51% | CARP | 4 | Fish whose name also means "complain" |
| 51% | SPIT | 4 | Card game whose name also means "saliva" |
| 50% | YAK | 3 | Big bovine beast whose name also means "gab" |
| 50% | RHINO | 5 | Animal whose name means, literally, "nose" |
| 49% | TOOL | 4 | American progressive rock band whose name also means equipment |
| 49% | RAM | 3 | Animal whose name anagrams to 16-Across |
| 48% | MOOSE | 5 | Animal whose name means "eater of bark" in Algonquian |
| 48% | APE | 3 | Animal whose name is also a synonym for "mimic" |
| 48% | ASS | 3 | Animal whose name can also be an intensifying suffix |
| 48% | RHINO | 5 | African animal whose name means "nose-horned" |
| 48% | MASTODON | 8 | Extinct animal whose name means “breast tooth” |
| 47% | SLOTH | 5 | Animal whose name is also one of the seven deadly sins |
| 47% | RAVE | 4 | An all-night party, also means to talk wildly |
| 47% | RHINO | 5 | Animal whose full name means "nose horn" |
| 47% | HIPPO | 5 | Animal whose full name means "river horse" |
| 47% | RHINO | 5 | Animal whose full name means "nose-horned" |
| 46% | RAVE | 4 | An all-night dance party, also means to talk wildly |
| 46% | KOALA | 5 | Animal whose genus name, Phascolarctos, means "pouch bear" |
| 45% | CARP | 4 | Fish whose name can also mean "complain" |
| 45% | SAGE | 4 | Herb whose name can also mean "intelligent" |
| 45% | PINE | 4 | Tree whose name can also mean "yearn" |
| 45% | ONO | 3 | Hawaiian fish whose name means "good to eat" |