| 100% | IGUANA | 6 | Creature Darwin called an "imp of darkness" |
| 40% | HOOT | 4 | Call of an owl |
| 38% | OSCAR | 5 | One is officially called an "Academy Award of Merit" |
| 38% | YETI | 4 | Legendary creature also called an abominable snowman |
| 38% | SQUIDINKLING | 12 | Notion of an underwater creature? |
| 37% | HUNGER | 6 | An extreme version of this is called esuriance |
| 37% | DIME | 4 | Cost of an old phone call |
| 37% | TOW | 3 | Result of an emergency call, maybe |
| 37% | YOO | 3 | Start of an attention-getting call |
| 37% | ANTICS | 6 | Actions of an imp |
| 36% | ATT | 3 | Part of an 800 collect call number |
| 36% | DALDRY | 6 | Stephen __; theater director of An Inspector Calls |
| 36% | AMMONITE | 8 | Spiral-shaped fossil of an ancient sea creature |
| 36% | CORAL | 5 | Shade of pink named for an ocean creature |
| 36% | PACIFIC | 7 | Ocean containing an area called Ring of Fire |
| 36% | ITSGONE | 7 | Part of an announcer's home run call |
| 35% | TATOUAY | 7 | Creature of South America also called the greater naked-tailed armadillo |
| 35% | GRIFFINS | 8 | Creatures with body of a lion and head of an eagle |
| 35% | BATTERUP | 8 | Umpire's call at the start of an inning |
| 35% | TIME | 4 | Proctor's call at the end of an exam |
| 34% | BLOB | 4 | Appearance of the marine creature called "by-the-wind sailor" |
| 34% | TIME | 4 | Proctor's call at the end of an exam period |
| 33% | KOESTLER | 8 | Arthur —, author of novels The Call-Girls and Darkness at Noon |
| 33% | CUCKOO | 6 | The __ bird has an odd call, also a type of clock |
| 33% | PRIESTLEY | 9 | J B —, author of stage plays An Inspector Calls and Dangerous Corner |
| 33% | LOCAL | 5 | Kind of call that didn't used to need an area code |
| 32% | AREA | 4 | "An ___ of Darkness" (V.S. Naipaul memoir) |
| 32% | ENT | 3 | Tree-like creature of an ancient race from "The Lord of the Rings" |
| 32% | BACCHUS | 7 | Roman god who carries an ivy-covered staff of fennel called a thyrsus |
| 32% | ALAD | 4 | "___ of life, an imp of fame; / Of parents good ...": "Henry V" |