| 100% | ZEBRA | 5 | Animal whose pattern allows it to camouflage into grassland |
| 35% | OKAPI | 5 | Animal whose tongue is long enough to clean its eyelids and ears |
| 32% | HARE | 4 | Arctic ___, rabbit-like animal whose brown fur sheds and becomes white to camouflage in the snow |
| 32% | ORCA | 4 | Animal that allows only one half of its brain to sleep at a time |
| 29% | RAM | 3 | Animal whose name anagrams to 16-Across |
| 28% | APE | 3 | Animal whose genetic structure is close to humans' |
| 28% | DUMBO | 5 | Disney elephant with abnormally large ears that allow it to fly |
| 28% | PLATYPUS | 8 | Animal whose name often has duck-billed in it |
| 28% | PARACHUTE | 9 | Allows soldiers to drop into war zones |
| 27% | MINK | 4 | Animal whose fur is sometimes used to make winter coats |
| 27% | ELK | 3 | Animal whose antlers can grow up to four feet long |
| 27% | APE | 3 | Animal whose genetic structure is close to a human's |
| 27% | KOALA | 5 | Animal whose main diet, eucalyptus leaves, is poisonous to humans |
| 27% | OTTER | 5 | Animal known to chase its tail |
| 27% | PIG | 3 | Animal whose heart was successfully transplanted into a human in 2022 |
| 27% | ELK | 3 | Animal whose antlers can grow up to one inch per day |
| 27% | ELK | 3 | Animal whose antlers can grow up to an inch per day |
| 27% | HORSE | 5 | Animal whose coat colors end the answers to the starred clues |
| 27% | RHINO | 5 | Animal whose horn is worth more than its weight in gold |
| 27% | ENGRAVED | 8 | To have cut a pattern into metal |
| 27% | LAIRPLOWER | 10 | Animal preparing to plant in its den? |
| 27% | BALE | 4 | It's bound to feed the animals |
| 27% | NEGLECT | 7 | Allow to fall into disrepair |
| 26% | SALTLAKE | 8 | It allows a swimmer to float more easily |
| 26% | HILT | 4 | It allows a swordsman to get a grip |
| 26% | LATEPASS | 8 | It might allow a student to avoid detention |
| 26% | APCREDIT | 8 | It may allow college students to skip courses |
| 26% | CROCODILE | 9 | Animal who gives its name to insincere tears |
| 26% | ATM | 3 | It allows access to an acct. |
| 26% | KANGAROOMIE | 11 | Animal to hop into bed with? |