| 100% | PRIMATES | 8 | Mammals of an order that includes monkeys and apes |
| 64% | PRIMATES | 8 | Order of mammals that includes monkeys and humans |
| 57% | PRIMATE | 7 | Biological order that includes apes and monkeys |
| 41% | SIRENIA | 7 | Order of mammals includes dugongs and manatees |
| 41% | HYMENOPTERA | 11 | Order of insects that includes the ants, bees and wasps |
| 40% | JEDI | 4 | Order that included Yoda and Mace Windu |
| 40% | PHONETIC | 8 | Like the alphabet that includes the answers to the starred clues ... and an anagram of the eight circled letters |
| 38% | BOS | 3 | Genus of mammal that numbers in the billions and includes the gaur, the gayal and the kouprey |
| 38% | PORTKEMBLA | 10 | Suburb of Wollongong, Australia, that includes an artificial port and industrial complex |
| 38% | CETACEAN | 8 | Any of an order of sea mammals with flippers |
| 38% | CARNIVORA | 9 | An order of primarily flesh-eating mammals |
| 36% | ARCTIC | 6 | Region that includes parts of Finland and Canada |
| 36% | ARCTIC | 6 | Region that includes parts of Greenland and Norway |
| 36% | MALTA | 5 | Country that includes the islands of Gozo and Comino |
| 36% | ESL | 3 | Class that includes everyday activities and parts of speech |
| 36% | ITALY | 5 | Country that includes the islands of Sicily and Sardinia |
| 35% | BLUESTEEL | 9 | Iron alloy that includes a bit of tungsten and chromium |
| 35% | AAPI | 4 | Group that includes people of Japanese and Samoan descent: Abbr. |
| 35% | ASSYRIA | 7 | Ancient land that included parts of modern Iraq and Turkey |
| 35% | TAPIR | 5 | Mammal of South and Central America and SE Asia with an elongated snout |
| 35% | TAPIR | 5 | Mammal of South and Central America and southeast Asia with an elongated snout |
| 35% | FESTIVUS | 8 | Holiday that includes the "Airing of Grievances" and "Feats of Strength" |
| 35% | PUBLICIVVV | 10 | Informal group that includes the Universities of California, Michigan and Virginia |
| 35% | MOHS | 4 | Eponym of a scale that includes gypsum and corundum |
| 34% | TWEET | 5 | Message that might include an "@" and a "#" |
| 34% | OOHED | 5 | Part of the expression that includes '... and aahed' |
| 34% | CLAIM | 5 | Listing that might include an explanation of benefits |
| 34% | TORFAEN | 7 | Principal area in SE Wales that includes the towns of Pontypool and Cwmbran |
| 33% | TAIL | 4 | What a monkey has that an ape doesn't |
| 33% | KETO | 4 | Kind of diet that might include an egg fast |