| 100% | CICADA | 6 | Large broad insect common in warm regions the male of which produces a high-pitched drone |
| 41% | CICADA | 6 | Large, droning insect common in warm regions |
| 34% | MALLARD | 7 | Common duck, the males of which have a green head |
| 33% | IOMOTH | 6 | North American insect, the male of which is bright yellow in colour with a blue and pink eyelike spot on each hind wing |
| 32% | MALLARD | 7 | Common duck, the male of which has a dark green head and reddish-brown breast |
| 29% | LOCUST | 6 | Insect of warm and tropical regions of the Old World that travels in swarms stripping vegetation |
| 29% | LOCUST | 6 | Insect of warm regions of the Old World that travels in swarms stripping vegetation |
| 28% | BLUE | 4 | & 15A The —, common title of a waltz by Johann Strauss the Younger, Op 314, which premiered in 1867 |
| 27% | GOOSANDER | 9 | Large diving duck of Eurasia and North America, the male of which has a dark green head |
| 27% | PEAFOWL | 7 | Species of bird in which the male has a fantastically colorful tail |
| 27% | OBI | 3 | Broad sash tied in a large bow at the back worn by Japanese women and children as part of the national costume |
| 27% | REDSTART | 8 | European songbird, the male of which has a bright orange-red tail |
| 27% | ETTA | 4 | SD town whose mine produced some of the largest spodumene crystals in the world, but was closed in '59, leaving a ghost town |
| 26% | COUNTY | 6 | Largest division of a state in the US |
| 26% | NARWHAL | 7 | Arctic toothed whale, the male of which has a long spiral tusk |
| 26% | CATARACT | 8 | Common disorder of the eye or a large waterfall |
| 26% | IDA | 3 | Highest mountain in Crete, largest of the Greek islands |
| 26% | BRAZILIAN | 9 | A native of the largest country in South America |
| 26% | BROTHERLY | 9 | In the manner of a male sibling |
| 26% | ICEBERG | 7 | A very large piece of ice floating in the ocean |
| 26% | ALEUT | 5 | Language of which Norwegian linguist Knut Bergsland produced a comprehensive dictionary in 1994 |
| 26% | ORANG | 5 | Critter of which there is a surprisingly small number left in the world |
| 26% | FAERIES | 7 | Creatures of which Gloriana is the “Queene,” in a work by Edmund Spenser |
| 26% | KEN | 3 | Male doll sold in the Barbie section of a toy department |
| 26% | RIVERBED | 8 | Bottom of the channel in which a waterway flows |
| 26% | ACE | 3 | One of the four highest cards in a deck |
| 25% | CRICKET | 7 | Insect with long antennae, the male of which makes chirping noises by rubbing its forewings together |
| 25% | STONECHAT | 9 | British garden bird, the male of which has a black head and orange-red breast |
| 25% | HORSEFLY | 8 | Large insect, the female of which sucks the blood of mammals |