| 100% | MOSQUITO | 8 | Malaria is transmitted by the bite of this insect |
| 42% | TICKLEMEELMO | 12 | By the end of 1996, one million of this toy was sold in a shopping frenzy |
| 41% | MOLTENLAVA | 10 | The destruction of Green Lake in early June 2018 was accomplished by this |
| 41% | INFECTION | 9 | Invaders were killed by this in War of the Worlds |
| 40% | ASPEN | 5 | The world's largest organism by mass, known as Pando, is this type of tree |
| 39% | DROODLE | 7 | Humorous "what is this a picture of?" sketch invented by Roger Price in the 1950s |
| 39% | ATOMICPILE | 10 | The first one of these was built by Fermi and his team in 1942 |
| 38% | BEES | 4 | Fear of these insects is known as "apiphobia" |
| 38% | ZZTOP | 5 | Rock band whose name is suggested by the first row of this puzzle |
| 38% | BYRON | 5 | The phrase "Truth is stranger than fiction" originated from Canto XIV of a poem of "immoral content" by this author |
| 38% | OSC | 3 | Henry Kerner was confirmed by the US Senate in 2017 to be the executive of this agency (abbr.) |
| 38% | RUSSIA | 6 | The capital of this country is Moscow |
| 38% | GREECE | 6 | The capital of this country is Athens |
| 38% | THUNDER | 7 | "Don't be scared by this roar of the sky, during the April showers" |
| 38% | TATAMI | 6 | Your Japanese room is often measured by the number of these that will fit |
| 38% | FLEA | 4 | Septicemic plague can be spread by being bitten by one of these |
| 37% | REDWINE | 7 | The bottle of Chateau Margaux 1787, insured for $225,000 and knocked over by a waiter, was this type of beverage |
| 37% | BEEKEEPERS | 10 | A lot of these insect lovers are urban, these days |
| 37% | TAN | 3 | 2008 opera "The Bonesetter's Daughter" by Stewart Wallace was an adaption of the book by this author Amy ___ |
| 37% | EMU | 3 | This bird's head is represented by the Coalsack Nebula according to the Aboriginal culture of Australia |
| 37% | BRICKS | 6 | Items that have been produced by the billions by this Danish National Toy Hall of Fame member |
| 37% | NINETEEN | 8 | The number of this clue divided by two |
| 37% | AUSTRIA | 7 | The capital of this European country is Vienna |
| 37% | ALITTLEMADNESS | 14 | Start of a poem by Emily Dickinson that continues "But God be with the Clown, / Who ponders this tremendous scene" |
| 37% | LUKE | 4 | The core of this Acts' theology is "Salvation history" |
| 37% | TAILFIN | 7 | Bit of auto design inspired by the jet age |
| 37% | END | 3 | This is the last bit |
| 36% | DESKTOP | 7 | This type of PC is now outsold by the laptop |
| 36% | LEFT | 4 | The translation of this English word is "sinister" in Latin |
| 36% | ISLE | 4 | Small bit of land surrounded by the sea |