| 100% | XXXXXX | 6 | Creature whose creation can mean death for those trapped in it |
| 36% | STARFISH | 8 | Creature that can shed its arms in defense |
| 31% | LIFE | 4 | Circle of ___, allusion meaning "the cycle of birth, death, and rebirth" that can be seen in "The Lion King" |
| 29% | GECKO | 5 | Creature that can lick its own eyes |
| 29% | PADRES | 6 | It can mean "parents" or "fathers" in Spanish |
| 29% | ANT | 3 | Creature that can carry many times its body weight |
| 28% | EDIBLE | 6 | Adjective that means you can eat it |
| 28% | GNOME | 5 | Mythical creature whose statues can be spotted in a garden |
| 28% | PRONOUN | 7 | Word that can stand in for another word |
| 28% | FIRE | 4 | Emoji that can mean "Killing it!" |
| 28% | GASP | 4 | Audible noise that means "I can't believe it!" |
| 28% | DALE | 4 | Pitbull album title that means “give it” in Spanish |
| 27% | PIN | 3 | "Let's put a ___ in it for now" ("We'll talk about that later") |
| 27% | FLEA | 4 | Creature that can leap more than 150 times its own body length (!) |
| 27% | GUAC | 4 | Dip that can be made in a molcajete, for short |
| 27% | EMU | 3 | Creature that can fill the blank in L___R to make another creature |
| 27% | SEATURTLE | 9 | Creature that returns to the beach where it was born for laying eggs |
| 27% | LOON | 4 | "Imaginary" creature that could appear in one of the starred answers |
| 27% | WREN | 4 | "Imaginary" creature that could appear in one of the starred answers |
| 27% | OWL | 3 | "Imaginary" creature that could appear in one of the starred answers |
| 27% | JAY | 3 | "Imaginary" creature that could appear in one of the starred answers |
| 27% | HAWK | 4 | "Imaginary" creature that could appear in one of the starred answers |
| 27% | CROW | 4 | "Imaginary" creature that could appear in one of the starred answers |
| 27% | EELS | 4 | Moray ___ (snakelike sea creatures that can exceed nine feet in length) |
| 27% | BEAN | 4 | Baked bit in a can that is often served for breakfast |
| 27% | ATE | 3 | Word meaning "Dined" whose anagram becomes its form in present tense |
| 27% | ALG | 3 | Math subject that can't get over its "x," for short |
| 27% | RECLINE | 7 | To lie back, in a chair that does it for you |
| 27% | CASH | 4 | "Strapped for ___," idiom that means one is financially in dire straits |
| 27% | GOLD | 4 | "Worth its weight in ___," idiom that means something is very valuable |