| 100% | FLAMING | 7 | Like the “Creatures” in a landmark work of underground queer cinema |
| 43% | SHEWOLF | 7 | Creature in a mythological symbol of the city of Rome |
| 42% | FAINT | 5 | Like the glow of the last embers in a fire |
| 42% | ODD | 3 | Like the number of games in a "best of" series |
| 42% | SILKY | 5 | Like the hair of a model in a shampoo ad |
| 42% | SLIM | 4 | Like the odds of finding a needle in a haystack |
| 42% | EERIE | 5 | Like the sight of glowing eyes in a dark forest |
| 42% | COEQUALLY | 9 | In a way that's like people of the same rank |
| 42% | AGLOW | 5 | Like the eyes of tiny tots, in a classic Christmas carol |
| 41% | ODD | 3 | Like the number of years in a periodical cicada’s life cycle |
| 41% | AROAR | 5 | Like crowds in the heat of a match |
| 41% | FALLINGDOWN | 11 | Like the contents of this puzzle's circled squares, in a nursery rhyme |
| 41% | ELF | 3 | Creature like Legolas in "The Lord of the Rings" |
| 41% | FURLOUGH | 8 | A leave of absence, like in the armed forces |
| 41% | ISOLATED | 8 | Like a secluded cabin in the middle of nowhere |
| 40% | ODD | 3 | Like the number of cards in a full house or three of a kind |
| 40% | ICY | 3 | Like a windshield in need of scraping in the winter |
| 40% | EERIE | 5 | Like a wolf's howl in the dead of night |
| 40% | CLUTCH | 6 | Like a winning play in the final seconds of overtime |
| 40% | MANIC | 5 | Like Monday, in the title of a Bangles hit |
| 40% | APT | 3 | Like the anagramming of A DECIMAL POINT to make I'M A DOT IN PLACE |
| 40% | OPERATIC | 8 | In the style of a work by Bizet, such as Carmen |
| 40% | ONONEKNEE | 9 | Like people in the front row of a group photo, often |
| 40% | PARALEGAL | 9 | Works with law but not in the level of a lawyer |
| 40% | COOL | 4 | Like the other side of the pillow, in a saying |
| 40% | POTENT | 6 | Strong, like a bet of TEN in the POT? |
| 40% | MOTHRA | 6 | Giant moth-like creature featured in the "Godzilla" films as a good monster and protector of the Earth |
| 39% | RECUT | 5 | Like the 1997 Special Edition of “Star Wars: A New Hope,” in which Greedo shoots first |
| 39% | FAERIES | 7 | Creatures of which Gloriana is the “Queene,” in a work by Edmund Spenser |
| 39% | CUER | 4 | One who might work in the wings of a theater |