| 100% | ANILINES | 8 | Compounds that smell of rotting fish |
| 45% | CYANIDE | 7 | Poison that smells of bitter almonds |
| 42% | ESTER | 5 | Compound that’s an anagram of “trees” |
| 41% | LURE | 4 | The Solomon's lily's smell of rotting fruit, to flies |
| 41% | SUCROSE | 7 | Compound that is the main component of cane sugar |
| 41% | THC | 3 | Compound that's in most of your joints (abbr.) |
| 39% | ETHER | 5 | Chemical compound that’s an anagram of a number |
| 39% | STURGEON | 8 | Fish that's a source of caviar |
| 39% | KOI | 3 | Fish that's a homophone of "coy" |
| 38% | RAY | 3 | Fish that's a homophone of 71 Down |
| 38% | EEL | 3 | Fish that can have two sets of jaws |
| 38% | CARP | 4 | Type of fish that koi is |
| 38% | REEL | 4 | Item of fishing tackle that spins |
| 38% | SKIPJACK | 8 | Fish that leaps above the surface of the water |
| 38% | CHILDPROOFLOX | 13 | Fish that your kids can't get hold of? |
| 38% | SHARKS | 6 | Fish that have lots of teeth but no bones |
| 38% | MANTARAY | 8 | Fish that passes the "mirror test" of self-recognition |
| 38% | OLFACTORY | 9 | Nerve that provides the sense of smell |
| 37% | CARP | 4 | Type of fish that a goldfish is |
| 37% | MANTA | 5 | Type of ray that's a fish |
| 37% | UMAMI | 5 | Savory taste, like that of fish sauce |
| 37% | TNT | 3 | Explosive compound that's also the name of a TV channel: Abbr. |
| 37% | DRIFTNET | 8 | Fishing mesh that floats off the side of a boat |
| 37% | SHARKS | 6 | Predatory fish with an acute sense of smell |
| 37% | MERGANSER | 9 | Duck that eats fish; anagram of near germs |
| 37% | SALMON | 6 | Shade of pink or fish that swims upstream |
| 37% | EEL | 3 | Type of fish that doesn't have fins |
| 36% | ROE | 3 | Fish eggs that might be put on top of a blintz |
| 36% | KOI | 3 | Fish that's a homophone of a word meaning "affectedly shy" |
| 36% | NET | 3 | Something that can catch hundreds of fish at once |