| 100% | TATOUAY | 7 | Creature of South America also called the greater naked-tailed armadillo |
| 39% | YAPOK | 5 | Marsupial of the Americas also called the water opossum |
| 36% | URSA | 4 | & 7A Constellation also called the Great Bear |
| 36% | URSA | 4 | & 4D Constellation also called the Great Bear |
| 34% | HANUKKAH | 8 | Jewish festival also called the Festival of Lights |
| 34% | OTHELLO | 7 | Shakespeare tragedy also called the Moor of Venice |
| 34% | YETI | 4 | Creature also called the Meh-Teh |
| 34% | YETI | 4 | Creature also called the Abominable Snowman |
| 33% | BOGOTA | 6 | The Athens of South America |
| 33% | LARACROFT | 9 | Billionaire "tomb raider" also called the Countess of Abbingdon: 2 wds. |
| 33% | MICHAELJORDAN | 13 | Basketball superstar often called the greatest of all time: 2 wds. |
| 33% | HORSESHOE | 9 | & 21D Marine arthropod of south-east Asia and the northern Atlantic coast of North America with a spiked tail |
| 32% | CANDLEMAS | 9 | Holiday also called Presentation of the Lord |
| 32% | RURU | 4 | Owl of New Zealand also called the morepork |
| 32% | GUANACO | 7 | Mammal of South America believed to be an ancestor of the domestic llama |
| 32% | CYRUS | 5 | ___ the Great, founder of the first Persian empire called Achaemenid |
| 32% | VMI | 3 | Sch. sometimes called the West Point of the South |
| 32% | YETI | 4 | Legendary creature also called the abominable snowman |
| 31% | HANUKKAH | 8 | Jewish holiday observed for eight nights and days also called the Festival of Lights |
| 31% | NERUDA | 6 | Whom Márquez called ''the greatest poet of the 20th century'' |
| 31% | APPLEBOX | 8 | Eucalyptus tree of south-eastern Australia also called a But-but |
| 31% | SCREAMER | 8 | Bird of South America such as the Crested — or Black-necked — |
| 31% | STONEPINE | 9 | Tree of southern Europe also called the umbrella pine and Italian — |
| 30% | AMENHOTEP | 9 | — IV, Egyptian pharaoh also called Akhenaten who established the cult of Aten |
| 30% | ETHANOL | 7 | Colourless flammable liquid also called alcohol produced by the fermentation of sugars |
| 30% | FORMALDEHYDE | 12 | Organic compound also called methanal used in the production of industrial resins |
| 30% | CANDLEFISH | 10 | Edible marine fish of North America also called a eulachon |
| 30% | CONGO | 5 | Major river of central Africa also called the Zaire River |
| 30% | CREEPING | 8 | & 20A Perennial plant of South and Central America also known as Kaimi clover |