| 100% | MEERKATS | 8 | Highly social African mammals that appear in "Life of Pi" |
| 42% | DOLPHIN | 7 | Highly intelligent mammal that lives in the ocean |
| 39% | AARDVARK | 8 | African mammal that's first in the dictionary |
| 37% | POPLARBEAR | 10 | Mammal that lives in a cottonwood? |
| 36% | ELEPHANT | 8 | Tusked mammal that appears on the South African 20-rand note |
| 36% | DOLPHINS | 8 | Marine mammals that often appear in dreams |
| 36% | SLOTH | 5 | Slow-moving mammal that lives in trees |
| 36% | CENT | 4 | Word that appears in capital letters on the back of a penny |
| 35% | THE | 3 | Word that appears in ten of this puzzle's clues |
| 35% | CIRCLES | 7 | Round patterns that appear in fields of crops |
| 35% | BADGER | 6 | Black and white mammal that lives in a sett |
| 35% | KWANZAA | 7 | African American celebration of life in December |
| 35% | EAGLE | 5 | Bird that appears in the Great Seal on the back of a dollar bill |
| 34% | PERSONALAD | 10 | Where "Desperately Seeking Susan" appears in the film of that name |
| 33% | ANT | 3 | Small social insect that lives in a formicary |
| 33% | ANT | 3 | Tiny social insect that lives in a colony |
| 33% | GOLDFISH | 8 | Pet that lives in a bowl of water |
| 33% | HERMIT | 6 | Type of crab that lives in sea shells |
| 33% | LEE | 3 | Director Ang in "Life of Pi" |
| 33% | TIGER | 5 | Big cat in "Life of Pi" |
| 33% | SOPHIEOKONEDO | 13 | "The Secret Life of Bees" actress who appeared in "Hotel Rwanda": 2 wds. |
| 33% | TAPEWORM | 8 | Parasitic beast that lives in the gut of animals |
| 33% | BARNOWL | 7 | Whitish bird of prey that lives in farm buildings |
| 33% | BIGHORN | 7 | Type of wild sheep that usually lives in mountains |
| 32% | TIGER | 5 | Big cat that shares Pi's boat in "Life of Pi" |
| 32% | LOUSE | 5 | Wingless parasitic insect that lives on the skin of mammals |
| 32% | JACKAL | 6 | Type of wild dog that lives in Africa and Asia |
| 32% | DIE | 3 | Word that appears in the titles of three Bond films (or four, if you count one ending in “s”) |
| 32% | TIGER | 5 | Richard Parker in "Life of Pi," e.g. |
| 32% | TIGER | 5 | Richard Parker in "Life of Pi," for one |