| 100% | CICADAS | 7 | Insects on a 17-year cycle |
| 72% | CICADAS | 7 | Insects with a 17-year life cycle |
| 72% | CICADA | 6 | Insect with a 17-year life cycle |
| 54% | ANTS | 4 | Insects on a hill |
| 54% | ANT | 3 | Insect on a hill |
| 54% | SENATERACE | 10 | Election occurring on a six-year cycle |
| 53% | FLEA | 4 | Insect on a Lab's coat? |
| 52% | GOD | 3 | Word on a 17-Across |
| 48% | BIKETOUR | 8 | Sightseeing trip on a cycle |
| 46% | SIX | 3 | Number of legs on a typical insect |
| 46% | IRISH | 5 | Nationality celebrated on a March 17 holiday |
| 46% | DELICATES | 9 | They should be washed on a gentle cycle |
| 44% | MOSQUITONETTING | 15 | Insect repellent on a roll |
| 44% | TEMPERTEMPETEMP | 15 | Place constraints on a year-end worker at Arizona State? |
| 44% | EDIT | 4 | One of the choices on a computer's 17-Across |
| 44% | SOIGNEUR | 8 | A masseur on a cycling team |
| 43% | CRICKET | 7 | On a spring night, you may hear this chirping insect in your garden |
| 43% | INTHETANK | 9 | On a losing streak, or where to find 17-, 28-, and 47-Across |
| 43% | SHANE | 5 | Western on A.F.I.'s "100 Years ... 100 Movies" list |
| 43% | TERMITE | 7 | A small pale-colored insect that feeds on wood |
| 43% | MANTIS | 6 | Insect with a single ear found on its chest |
| 43% | ROUNDTRIPTICKET | 15 | Traveler's option ... or what you won't get on a 17-, 27- or 48-Across? |
| 42% | BEES | 4 | On a spring night, you may hear the buzzing from these honey-making insects |
| 42% | CICADAS | 7 | 17-year insects |
| 42% | CICADA | 6 | On a spring night, you may hear this high-pitched insect in a tree |
| 42% | ANANT | 5 | "As industrious as ___" (simile based on a hill-dwelling insect): 2 wds. |
| 42% | VENUS | 5 | On this planet, a day lasts longer than a year |
| 41% | PSYCHO | 6 | No. 1 film on A.F.I.’s “100 Years . . . 100 Thrills” list |
| 41% | TWELVE | 6 | Number of years for a full cycle of Jupiter |
| 41% | TEN | 3 | Number starting a countdown, on New Year's Eve |