| 100% | MANED | 5 | Like a lion, but not a lioness |
| 69% | TAME | 4 | Like a housecat but not a wildcat |
| 69% | PALINDROMIC | 11 | Like a kayak but not a canoe |
| 69% | SPEEDY | 6 | Like a cheetah but not a sloth |
| 65% | MEATEATER | 9 | A lion, but not a giraffe |
| 64% | NFLER | 5 | A Lion, but not a Tiger, informally |
| 64% | MALE | 4 | Like a peacock, but not a peahen |
| 64% | RREEEEDD | 8 | Like an oboe, but not a sax? |
| 63% | SCALY | 5 | Like the skin of a trout but not a shark |
| 63% | RAW | 3 | Like beef carpaccio, but not a seared steak |
| 63% | HARD | 4 | Like a diamond, but not talc |
| 62% | BIGCAT | 6 | Lion or tiger, but not a bear |
| 62% | MANE | 4 | Hair that a lion has but a lioness doesn't |
| 61% | SONATA | 6 | Like a cantata but for instruments, not voices |
| 60% | INANIMATE | 9 | Like rocks or clocks, but not a fox or ox |
| 60% | FLOPPYEARED | 11 | *Like a beagle but not a corgi |
| 59% | MANED | 5 | Like Mufasa, but not Nala, in "The Lion King" |
| 58% | TAME | 4 | Like a house cat but not a wildcat |
| 57% | CAT | 3 | A lion or a tiger, but not a bear |
| 57% | TAME | 4 | Like a domesticated horse but not a wild one |
| 56% | ALIVE | 5 | Like a fox or ox, but not rocks or clocks |
| 54% | CAT | 3 | Lion or tiger (but not a bear) |
| 52% | PER | 3 | "He's not a baker ___ se, but he does like to make cookies" |
| 52% | ITSAWASH | 8 | "Looks like we'll cover our costs but not make a profit" (3 wds.) |
| 51% | MANED | 5 | Like a lion |
| 51% | LEONINE | 7 | Like a lion |
| 51% | TAWNY | 5 | Like a lion |
| 51% | CAPSULE | 7 | A medicine, but not a tablet |
| 51% | ASLAN | 5 | About whom Mr. Beaver says "He's wild, you know. Not like a tame lion." |
| 50% | TRAGIC | 6 | Like "Hamlet" and "Julius Caesar," but not "A Comedy of Errors" |