| 100% | SLAIN | 5 | Like dragons in many fables |
| 58% | ASS | 3 | Braying beast in many fables |
| 53% | ASS | 3 | Beast of burden in many fables |
| 52% | EVIL | 4 | What good triumphs over, in many fables |
| 52% | SLIVERED | 8 | Like almonds in many recipes |
| 52% | CAGED | 5 | Like animals in many zoos |
| 51% | BOTTLED | 7 | Like beer in many six-packs |
| 51% | JERKED | 6 | Like chicken in many Caribbean recipes |
| 48% | SLAIN | 5 | Like many a defeated dragon |
| 48% | BARE | 4 | Like many trees in winter |
| 48% | IDED | 4 | Like many perps in lineups |
| 48% | PREVE | 5 | Like many disasters, in hindsight |
| 48% | LCD | 3 | Like many HDTVs, in brief |
| 48% | LOBBED | 6 | Like many shots in pickleball |
| 48% | SUED | 4 | Like many defendants in court |
| 48% | ANON | 4 | Like most limericks, in short |
| 48% | EARNED | 6 | Like most runs, in baseball |
| 48% | RAW | 3 | Like most seafood in sashimi |
| 48% | ANON | 4 | Like most proverbs, in brief |
| 48% | TALL | 4 | Like most centers in basketball |
| 48% | ARAB | 4 | Like most people in Jordan |
| 47% | ASS | 3 | Animal in many of 38-Down's fables |
| 47% | ASS | 3 | Braying beast in many of Aesop's fables |
| 47% | SOMBER | 6 | Like many works in minor keys |
| 47% | FINED | 5 | Like many traffic violators in court |
| 47% | ICY | 3 | Like many Canadian roads in winter |
| 47% | ASHY | 4 | Like many fireplaces in late winter |
| 47% | UPSETTOMUSIC | 12 | Like many characters in 22-Across? |
| 47% | SIMILAR | 7 | Like in many ways, with "to" |
| 47% | DEADEND | 7 | Like many paths in a maze |