| 100% | SEAOTTERS | 9 | Creatures that have the densest fur of any mammal (up to 1 million hairs per square inch) |
| 36% | OTTER | 5 | It's said to have the thickest fur of any mammal |
| 36% | SEAOTTER | 8 | It has the densest fur of any animal |
| 35% | SEA | 3 | With 6-Across, it has the densest fur of any animal |
| 29% | METS | 4 | MLB team that had the worst regular-season record of any team to play in the World Series |
| 28% | NATURALGAS | 10 | Trinidad and Tobago resource that has led to it be one of the richest western countries per capita |
| 26% | GALWAY | 6 | "___ Girl," song by English singer Ed Sheeran which has the name of an Irish city in its title that is home to Eyre Square |
| 25% | TERN | 4 | Arctic ___, a bird that has the longest migration route of any animal in the world |
| 25% | ANT | 3 | Bug that the more than 1 million members of a certain Facebook group pretend to be |
| 24% | BARNACLE | 8 | Hard-shelled creature that attaches itself to the bottom of a boat |
| 24% | HACKLES | 7 | Hairs that stand up on the back due to nerves |
| 24% | AWARD | 5 | Any of the four prizes that make up an EGOT |
| 24% | RING | 4 | "That has the ___ of truth to it" |
| 24% | CSI | 3 | Show that had episodes titled "Tressed to Kill" and "Dead of the Class" |
| 24% | AWARD | 5 | Any one of the four honors that make up an EGOT |
| 24% | NONSTARTER | 10 | Plan that has no chance of working ___ or the answer to each starred clue? |
| 24% | NONSTARTER | 10 | Plan that has no chance of working ... or the answer to each starred clue? |
| 24% | EAGLE | 5 | Creature whose eyesight has four to five times the acuity of humans |
| 23% | YES | 3 | Band that had the #1 hit "Owner of a Lonely Heart" |
| 23% | BEETLE | 6 | Volkswagen model which has the record of being the first car to sell 20 million units |
| 23% | HOME | 4 | Key that's usually to the left of the "Page Up" key |
| 23% | AOL | 3 | Internet company estimated to have mailed millions of CDs in the nineties |
| 23% | ISRAEL | 6 | Country that, according to its tourist bureau, has the highest number of museums per capita |
| 23% | MOZART | 6 | "The culminating point that beauty has attained in the sphere of music," per Tchaikovsky |
| 23% | ART | 3 | What we have "in order not to die of the truth," per Nietzsche |
| 23% | MIXEDBAG | 8 | Some of this, some of that ... and a hint to the circled squares |
| 23% | NWA | 3 | Group that had the first hardcore rap album to reach #1 on Billboard |
| 23% | SMOG | 4 | Fog that has combined with excessive smoke in the air, often leading to a lot of lung diseases |
| 23% | PITTSBURGH | 10 | City that had the final letter of its name removed in 1891, only to be restored in 1911 |
| 22% | CHARCOAL | 8 | You will need to have 1/4 cup of activated ___ to keep the terrarium healthy |