| 100% | ELK | 3 | Member of the deer family found in the Rockies |
| 61% | ELK | 3 | Member of the deer family |
| 59% | ELK | 3 | Large member of the deer family |
| 59% | MOOSE | 5 | Largest member of the deer family |
| 59% | MOOSE | 5 | Large member of the deer family |
| 59% | ELKS | 4 | Large members of the deer family |
| 58% | SIKH | 4 | Member of an Indian religion founded in the 16th-century |
| 58% | SIKH | 4 | Member of an Indian religion founded in the 16th century |
| 56% | SIKH | 4 | A member of an Indian religion founded in the 16th century |
| 55% | CANID | 5 | Member of the biological family that included the Hesperocyon genus which disappeared in the middle Miocene |
| 55% | NUCLEARFAMILY | 13 | Members of this can be found in the centers of 17-, 24-, 51- and 60-Across |
| 52% | MWA | 3 | Fraternal org. founded in 1883, now with over 740,000 members, that was to protect families after the death of a breadwinner. (abbr.) |
| 51% | ASTER | 5 | Daisy-like flower that is a member of the sunflower family and blooms late in fall |
| 50% | VENEZUELA | 9 | Only founding member of OPEC not located in the Mideast |
| 49% | TARO | 4 | Member of the arum family |
| 49% | CAULIFLOWER | 11 | Member of the mustard family |
| 49% | CALLA | 5 | Member of the arum family |
| 49% | ERMINE | 6 | Member of the weasel family |
| 49% | SLOE | 4 | Member of the rose family |
| 49% | GARBANZO | 8 | Member of the legume family |
| 49% | LLAMA | 5 | Member of the Camelidae family |
| 49% | PETUNIA | 7 | Member of the nightshade family |
| 49% | SETH | 4 | Member of the first family |
| 49% | BULRUSH | 7 | Member of the sedge family |
| 49% | TANSY | 5 | Member of the aster family |
| 49% | PARSNIP | 7 | Member of the carrot family |
| 49% | OKRA | 4 | Member of the mallow family |
| 49% | ALEWIFE | 7 | Member of the herring family |
| 49% | APE | 3 | Member of the hominid family |
| 49% | FELID | 5 | Member of the cat family |