| 100% | MANTIS | 6 | Insect that looks like it's "praying" |
| 69% | PENGUIN | 7 | Bird that looks like it's wearing a tuxedo |
| 68% | ACORN | 5 | Nut that looks like it's wearing a little hat |
| 68% | RED | 3 | ___-lipped batfish, sea creature that looks like it's wearing lipstick |
| 64% | DIPDYED | 7 | Like hair that looks like it's been dunked in color |
| 63% | UGLI | 4 | Fruit that looks like it sounds |
| 62% | SLALOM | 6 | Event that looks like its first letter? |
| 62% | ORANGE | 6 | Fruit that looks like its first letter? |
| 61% | UGLI | 4 | Jamaican citrus export that looks like it sounds |
| 61% | MOTH | 4 | Insect that looks like a butterfly and has a "Gothic" species |
| 61% | GRUB | 4 | Baby insect that looks like a short, fat worm |
| 60% | BEEHIVE | 7 | Lady's hairdo that looks like an insect's home |
| 60% | TREE | 4 | Christmas ___ worm, sea creature that looks like it has branches |
| 60% | UGLI | 4 | Large, great-tasting citrus fruit that looks like it sounds |
| 60% | SOS | 3 | Brand name that looks like it has a missing period |
| 60% | PLOW | 4 | Snow mover that looks like it would rhyme with "snow" |
| 60% | BED | 3 | Word that looks like its meaning when written in lowercase |
| 59% | BOOMERANG | 9 | Outback hunting gizmo that looks like it will make a comeback? |
| 59% | UNSTABLE | 8 | Word that looks like it should mean "take the horse outside" |
| 59% | DELIVERY | 8 | Word that looks like it should mean "take the horse outside" |
| 57% | NIKE | 4 | Sneaker brand that looks like it should rhyme with 38-Down but doesn't |
| 57% | EYE | 3 | With 5-Across, word that looks like it would sound similarly but doesn't |
| 57% | FAKEFUR | 7 | Coat that only looks like it's made from mink: 2 wds. |
| 57% | STY | 3 | Room that looks like a bomb went off in it |
| 56% | SEABEE | 6 | Term for a naval builder that looks like an aquatic insect |
| 55% | PAUSE | 5 | DVR button that looks like an equal sign turned on its side |
| 54% | EARWIG | 6 | Insect with appendages that look like pincers |
| 53% | MASK | 4 | What a raccoon looks like it's wearing |
| 52% | CARETS | 6 | Marks that look like inverted v's |
| 52% | ETAS | 4 | Letters that look like H's |