| 100% | FROGS | 5 | Creatures that can freeze and thaw to survive the winter cold |
| 38% | EMU | 3 | Creature that can fill the blank in L___R to make another creature |
| 36% | EEL | 3 | Creature that may travel to the Sargasso Sea to spawn and lay eggs |
| 36% | OCTOPUS | 7 | Eight-legged sea creature that can change both color and texture to camouflage itself from predators |
| 35% | HOP | 3 | Word that can follow "bunny" and "Lindy" to make dances from the mid-1900s |
| 34% | CAST | 4 | Action that can be done to the starts of 20-, 35-, 44- and 56-Across |
| 34% | BREAKITUPYOUTWO | 15 | Command that could be given to the title characters in 17-, 26- and 45-Across? |
| 34% | ERIE | 4 | Great Lake that's usually the first to freeze in winter |
| 33% | POPSICLE | 8 | Frozen treat that is assumed to be a portmanteau of the words "pop" and "icicle" |
| 33% | ESS | 3 | Letter that can be added to the fronts of 4-, 6- and 7-Across to make new words |
| 32% | CUFFING | 7 | “Season” in which single people couple up to stave off the loneliness and cold of winter |
| 32% | EELS | 4 | Creatures that can have two sets of jaws and teeth |
| 32% | SQUID | 5 | Sea creature that can change color to camouflage |
| 32% | TAKEITTOTHEBANK | 15 | "You can count on that!," and a hint to the starts of 16-, 25-, and 43-Across |
| 32% | UNITED | 6 | American airline that is part of the Star Alliance and can take you to your travel destination |
| 31% | POTATOHEAD | 10 | Toy that can be either Mr. or Mrs. ... and what the first part of the answers to starred clues can literally be |
| 31% | ALLIGATORS | 10 | Creatures that can regrow a lost tooth up to 50 times |
| 31% | VIRGIN | 6 | ___ Atlantic, British airline that is part of the SkyTeam alliance and can take you to your travel destination |
| 31% | STEW | 4 | Slow-cooked one-pot dish that warms the soul and is a welcome sight on a cold winter day |
| 31% | ISH | 3 | "Give or take" suffix ... that can be added to the end of 18-, 23-, 51- and 60-Across to form a sort of set |
| 30% | BOOK | 4 | Common library item that can give you company in the cold |
| 30% | CARDIO | 6 | Physical exercise that increases the heart rate and can be done both indoors and outdoors making it apt for winter |
| 30% | LOON | 4 | "Imaginary" creature that could appear in one of the starred answers |
| 30% | WREN | 4 | "Imaginary" creature that could appear in one of the starred answers |
| 30% | OWL | 3 | "Imaginary" creature that could appear in one of the starred answers |
| 30% | JAY | 3 | "Imaginary" creature that could appear in one of the starred answers |
| 30% | HAWK | 4 | "Imaginary" creature that could appear in one of the starred answers |
| 30% | CROW | 4 | "Imaginary" creature that could appear in one of the starred answers |
| 30% | RATS | 4 | Creatures that the Pied Piper was hired to remove |
| 30% | HARDY | 5 | Like plants that can survive freezing weather |