| 100% | GILL | 4 | Apt name for the fish voiced by Willem Dafoe in "Finding Nemo" |
| 42% | DORY | 4 | Blue fish voiced by Ellen DeGeneres in "Finding Nemo" |
| 38% | BLOAT | 5 | Finding Nemo puffer fish's apt name |
| 37% | SNOWCRAB | 8 | Seafood named for the cold oceans in which it's commonly found |
| 36% | EMIL | 4 | Name found by reversing the letters in "lime" |
| 35% | OUSEL | 5 | Water ___, alternate name for the American dipper which occasionally gets snapped up by large fish |
| 35% | DEUTSCHMARK | 11 | English name for the standard monetary unit of Germany replaced by the Euro in 2002 |
| 34% | PIANOTUNA | 9 | Fish prized for its scales and found mainly in the Keys? |
| 34% | PANCAKE | 7 | Apt name for the flat Malacochersus tortoise |
| 34% | BBALL | 5 | A casual name for the sport played by teams in 16a: Hyph. |
| 34% | ALAR | 4 | Alternate name for the chemical Daminozide, used as a pesticide on fruit until banned by the EPA in 1989 |
| 33% | GIL | 3 | Apt name for a pet fish |
| 33% | EUREKA | 6 | Name of Dorothy's cat in The Wizard of Oz, originally found by Uncle Henry |
| 33% | CHRIST | 6 | His name is represented by the X in the clue for 117 Across |
| 33% | ENYA | 4 | Singer for whom a fish native to the Orinoco was named in 2017 |
| 32% | DORY | 4 | "Finding Nemo" fish voiced by Ellen DeGeneres |
| 32% | GULES | 5 | Name for the colour red in heraldry |
| 32% | METRO | 5 | Name for the subway in Paris or Shanghai |
| 32% | LARYNX | 6 | Anatomical name for the voice box |
| 32% | LARYNX | 6 | Other name for the voice box |
| 32% | DEGENERES | 9 | Ellen __, the voice of Dory in Finding Nemo |
| 31% | VUGS | 4 | Small crystal lined cavities found in rocks whose name comes from the old Cornish for "cave" |
| 31% | VINCENTVANGOGH | 14 | Dutch painter played by Willem Dafoe in a 2018 biopic: 3 wds. |
| 31% | STERNUM | 7 | Medical name for the breastbone in the chest |
| 31% | PISO | 4 | Tagalog name for the currency in the Philippines |
| 31% | OSSICLES | 8 | Collective name for the tiny bones in the ear |
| 31% | STERLING | 8 | Formal name for the pound used in the UK |
| 31% | MET | 3 | Colloquial name for the largest art museum in 50a |
| 31% | CLEARANCE | 9 | Another name for the sale section in a store |