| 100% | EOCENE | 6 | Epoch that saw the dawn of modern mammals |
| 42% | REFORMATION | 11 | Movement that saw the rise of Calvinism |
| 42% | SEVENTIES | 9 | Decade that saw the rise of disco music |
| 41% | EOCENE | 6 | Epoch of the mammal |
| 41% | BOERWAR | 7 | Conflict that saw the sieges of Ladysmith and Kimberley |
| 41% | CRETACEOUS | 10 | Period that saw the separation of Africa from South America |
| 40% | EOCENE | 6 | Epoch characterized by the rise of mammals |
| 37% | GOAT | 4 | Modern "best of the best" acronym that's also a farm animal |
| 37% | PAPAS | 5 | Half of the group that sang "I Saw Her Again" |
| 37% | SQUIRRELS | 9 | Nut-eating mammals that you might see at the park |
| 36% | TIP | 3 | Part of the iceberg that can be seen from the deck |
| 36% | FIN | 3 | Part of a shark that could be seen above the water |
| 36% | SINCE | 5 | "___ the dawn of time . . ." |
| 35% | ANEW | 4 | The dawn of ___ day: 2 wds. |
| 35% | ANEW | 4 | The dawning of ___ era: 2 wds. |
| 35% | EWE | 3 | Kind of animal that Dolly, the first cloned mammal, was |
| 35% | RUMINANT | 8 | Type of mammal that chews the cud |
| 35% | PAD | 3 | Shoulder ___, clothing insert that you will see men and women of the 1980s wearing |
| 34% | UPANDADAM | 9 | Message at the dawn of Creation? |
| 34% | SONIC | 5 | Name of the iconic mammal of the subfamily Erinaceinae, that was originally called Mr. Needlenose |
| 34% | ART | 3 | The Museum of Modern ___ |
| 34% | GET | 3 | See the point of |
| 34% | GETS | 4 | Sees the point of |
| 34% | ENDZONE | 7 | Area that sees lots of spikes, in a way...and a feature in each answer to the six starred clues |
| 34% | BATS | 4 | Mammals that hang from the top of a cave |
| 34% | ERA | 3 | "It's the dawn of a new ___" |
| 34% | ERA | 3 | "It's the dawn of a new ___!" |
| 34% | ANEW | 4 | At the dawn of ___ millennium: 2 wds. |
| 33% | HOPE | 4 | ___ is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness: Desmond Tutu |
| 33% | EARTHRISE | 9 | Dawn of the Space Age? |