| 100% | MOA | 3 | Bird once hunted by the Maori |
| 64% | MOA | 3 | Bird hunted to extinction by the Maori |
| 55% | KIWI | 4 | Bird revered by the Maori |
| 45% | EELS | 4 | Fishes cherished by the Maori |
| 43% | SNIPE | 5 | Bird often hunted by gullible people |
| 42% | WANTED | 6 | Being sought by the police, hunted |
| 41% | RHEA | 4 | Bird hunted by gauchos |
| 41% | BOAR | 4 | Animal hunted by the stranded kids in "Lord of the Flies" |
| 40% | PERU | 4 | Country once ruled by the Incas |
| 39% | AXE | 3 | Tool used by the Once-ler in "The Lorax" |
| 39% | KESTREL | 7 | Small falcon that hunts by hovering in the air |
| 39% | HRE | 3 | Land once ruled by the Hapsburgs: Abbr. |
| 39% | BEIRUT | 6 | City once divided by the Green Line |
| 39% | PANGAEA | 7 | Landmass once surrounded by the superocean Panthalassa |
| 39% | ROSA | 4 | Parks once honored by the 31 Across |
| 39% | IBIS | 4 | Bird venerated by the Egyptians |
| 38% | OMAN | 4 | Arab nation once colonized by the Portuguese |
| 38% | CLICKHOLE | 9 | Satirical website once owned by The Onion |
| 37% | IBIS | 4 | Bird embodied by the Egyptian god Thoth |
| 37% | WRENS | 5 | Tiny birds considered prophetic by the Druids |
| 37% | DAUPHIN | 7 | Title once held by the French king's eldest son |
| 37% | GRANDTOUR | 9 | Cultural trip once taken by the upper classes |
| 36% | EMU | 3 | The bird Edward or Edwina, in kids' books by Sheena Knowles |
| 36% | THEACCOUNTANT | 13 | 2016 thriller about a man hunted by the Treasury Department for sanitizing the financial records of criminal organizations |
| 36% | PRUSSIA | 7 | Former kingdom once ruled by the House of Hohenzollern |
| 36% | FALCON | 6 | Bird used in hunting, in the olden times |
| 36% | COMET | 5 | Brand once pitched by Josephine the Plumber |
| 36% | KOOLS | 5 | Smokes once touted by Willie the penguin |
| 36% | HUNGARY | 7 | Country once ruled by Bela the Blind |
| 35% | GOODOMEN | 8 | A bird flying by on the right, to the Greeks |