| 49% | CLAM | 4 | Animal that spends most of its life buried in the sand |
| 47% | COW | 3 | Animal in many panels of "The Far Side" |
| 46% | YOUNG | 5 | In the springtime of life |
| 45% | TAPEWORM | 8 | Parasitic beast that lives in the gut of animals |
| 45% | ELK | 3 | Animal in the logo of The Hartford |
| 44% | ARK | 3 | Boat that carried two of every animal, in the Bible |
| 44% | ORION | 5 | Hunter who threatened to kill every animal in the world |
| 44% | PRIME | 5 | In the ___ of life |
| 44% | ELK | 3 | Animal in the logo of insurance company The Hartford |
| 43% | LAP | 3 | In the ___ of luxury (living the good life) |
| 43% | CARS | 4 | Tokens in the Game of Life |
| 43% | AGO | 3 | In the earlier part of life |
| 43% | CAR | 3 | Token in The Game of Life |
| 43% | APE | 3 | Animal in "George of the Jungle" |
| 43% | OVERMONTHS | 10 | In the course of many weeks |
| 42% | EAGLE | 5 | Swooping animal in the opening credits of "The Colbert Report" |
| 42% | RATS | 4 | Small animals in the 1982 movie "The Secret of NIMH" |
| 42% | CAR | 3 | Player's token in the Game of Life |
| 42% | ASS | 3 | Animal in many of 38-Down's fables |
| 42% | CCC | 3 | Year in the life of Constantine |
| 41% | STYX | 4 | River in the fifth circle of hell |
| 41% | MII | 3 | Year in the life of Leif Ericson |
| 41% | CDLI | 4 | A year in the life of Attila |
| 41% | STAG | 4 | Antlered animal in the logo of The Hartford insurance company |
| 41% | ABRAHAM | 7 | In the Bible, he's the father of many nations |
| 40% | WRIEST | 6 | Most in the style of comedian Steven Wright |
| 40% | MLI | 3 | A year in the life of St. Anselm |
| 40% | PUPA | 4 | Stage in the life cycle of a moth |
| 40% | KEY | 3 | "Songs in the ___ of Life" (Stevie Wonder album) |
| 40% | AEONS | 5 | Units in the life span of a galaxy |