| 100% | CALLISTO | 8 | Consort of Zeus changed into a bear by him |
| 43% | AURA | 4 | Companion of Artemis whom Zeus changed into a spring |
| 42% | CALLISTO | 8 | Nymph changed into a bear |
| 41% | IWAS | 4 | "___ born by the river / In a little tent" (start of Sam Cooke's "A Change Is Gonna Come") |
| 38% | CALLISTO | 8 | Nymph who was transformed into a bear by a jealous Juno, per Ovid |
| 38% | ARACHNE | 7 | Needleworker changed into a spider by Athena |
| 34% | INHERIT | 7 | Come into by way of a will |
| 33% | TEDDYTOEDDY | 11 | Toy bear given by a fan of singer Arnold? |
| 33% | HERA | 4 | Consort of Zeus |
| 33% | LETO | 4 | Consort of Zeus |
| 33% | AEGIS | 5 | Protection, or the name of a shield carried by Zeus |
| 32% | HEAT | 4 | *Furnace output ... or a word made by changing one letter of 36a |
| 31% | MEAN | 4 | *Far from friendly ... or a word made by changing one letter of 32a |
| 31% | RICKJAMES | 9 | He earned a songwriting credit on “U Can’t Touch This” by way of a lawsuit |
| 31% | MEAT | 4 | *Vegetarian's no-no ... or a word made by changing one letter of 34a |
| 31% | DEAL | 4 | *Pass out the cards ... or a word made by changing one letter of 25a |
| 31% | ANT | 3 | Insect that can be turned into a "zombie" by a type of fungus |
| 31% | DEEPFRY | 7 | Cook by plunging into a vat of hot oil: Hyph. |
| 31% | DAPHNE | 6 | Nymph changed into a laurel tree |
| 31% | HERA | 4 | She turned Callisto into a bear |
| 30% | CABANA | 6 | Place to change into a swimsuit |
| 30% | CABANA | 6 | Enclosure for changing into a swimsuit |
| 30% | TARANTO | 7 | Italian city that becomes a Canadian city by changing its two A's into O's |
| 30% | ULEE | 4 | Character of a beekeeper played by Peter Fonda for which he won a Golden Globe Award |
| 30% | MEAL | 4 | *Breakfast, lunch, or dinner, e.g. ... or a word made by changing one letter of 27a |
| 30% | PAPA | 4 | A bear encountered by Goldilocks |
| 30% | PHILOMELA | 9 | In myth she was changed into a nightingale |
| 29% | FERMI | 5 | Physicist Enrico who was honored by having a length unit of 10-15 meters named after him |
| 29% | EVELINA | 7 | 1778 novel by Frances Burney subtitled The History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World |
| 29% | FOURIER | 7 | Charles —, French social reformer born in 1772 who advocated a reorganisation of society into self-sufficient units |