| 100% | STOAT | 5 | Beast that changes color in winter and then hides to avoid royal furriers |
| 36% | PTARMIGAN | 9 | Bird with silent P that changes color in winter |
| 34% | STOAT | 5 | Mammal with a coat that changes color in the winter |
| 29% | LEAF | 4 | Something that changes color in autumn |
| 28% | INSIDETHELINES | 14 | Tidy way to color … and where seven words are hiding in this puzzle? |
| 28% | ADAPTATIONS | 11 | A wood frog's ability to freeze itself in winter and an octopus's ability to change color, for two |
| 28% | LEAF | 4 | Part of a tree that changes color in autumn |
| 28% | LEAF | 4 | Part of a tree that changes color in the fall |
| 27% | OCTOPUS | 7 | Eight-legged sea creature that can change both color and texture to camouflage itself from predators |
| 27% | HARES | 5 | Animals whose fur may change color in the winter |
| 27% | ANIMALCRACKERS | 14 | Lunchbox treat that contains the four beasts hidden in this grid, and what the starred answers literally are |
| 25% | NETS | 4 | Team that changed from "New Jersey" to "Brooklyn" in 2012 |
| 25% | TEAL | 4 | Color that's similar to aqua and turquoise |
| 24% | ASP | 3 | Beast that Cleopatra calls "my baby at my breast," in "Antony and Cleopatra" |
| 24% | LEAF | 4 | Stem ending, that changes from green to brown and falls down |
| 24% | BLUE | 4 | Color that can be applied to Angels and Devils |
| 24% | FLESH | 5 | Crayola color that was changed to "Peach" |
| 24% | BOB | 3 | ___ and weave (move to avoid getting hit, in boxing) |
| 24% | DYE | 3 | Hair salon job that results in a color change |
| 23% | OLYMPIANS | 9 | Those who compete in the Summer and Winter games |
| 23% | REND | 4 | Tear to bits and pieces (word hidden in "render") |
| 23% | IMAC | 4 | Apple computer that used to come in various colors |
| 23% | STARGAZER | 9 | Astrologer; a fish that lives and hides in warm seas |
| 23% | NEWT | 4 | Lead role in "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" |
| 23% | BOAR | 4 | Beast that sounds uninteresting introduced in NH in 1890 that has become of real interest to conservationists |
| 23% | IHOP | 4 | Restaurant that changed its last letter to a B for a brief period in June |
| 23% | PALES | 5 | Changes color in fright |
| 23% | RAJA | 4 | Indian royal and a word you'll find hidden in "Maharajah" |
| 23% | FROGS | 5 | Creatures that can freeze and thaw to survive the winter cold |
| 23% | MOP | 3 | Cleaning tool that's hiding in 18-, 33-, and 46-Across |