| 100% | UDO | 3 | Name of the red panda that's the mascot of the University of Mannheim, Germany |
| 50% | TERRAPIN | 8 | Type of turtle that's the mascot of the University of Maryland |
| 45% | OTTER | 5 | Animal that's the mascot of California State University, Monterey Bay |
| 40% | GOAT | 4 | Animal that's the mascot of the US Navy |
| 39% | BEARCAT | 7 | Fierce mammal that serves as the University of Cincinnati mascot |
| 39% | LION | 4 | Large animal that's the mascot of MGM |
| 38% | OWL | 3 | Bird that's the mascot of Wise potato chips |
| 38% | FROG | 4 | Animal that's the mascot of Honey Smacks cereal |
| 38% | BERTHA | 6 | Name that's an anagram of THE BAR |
| 38% | WALLY | 5 | Male mascot of the Boston Red Sox who has a sister named Tessie |
| 37% | ELON | 4 | North Carolina university that bears no relation to the billionaire of the same name |
| 37% | IVAN | 4 | Russian name that's the equivalent of "John" |
| 37% | VINICIUS | 8 | Official mascot of the 2016 Summer Olympics that was named after a poet de Moraes |
| 37% | JESSE | 5 | Name that's the title of a 1980 Carly Simon hit |
| 37% | RONNIE | 6 | Name that's the title of a 1964 4 Seasons hit |
| 37% | GATOR | 5 | Reptile mascot of the University of Florida |
| 36% | LAM | 3 | Word for "flee" that's a homophone of the name of a fleeced animal |
| 36% | LOBOS | 5 | Name of the University of New Mexico's sports teams |
| 36% | MARROW | 6 | Bone part that's the source of red blood cells |
| 36% | ARI | 3 | Man's name that's the reverse of 66-Down |
| 36% | IRA | 3 | Man's name that's the reverse of 117-Down |
| 36% | IRA | 3 | Man's name that's the reverse of 63-Across |
| 36% | ARI | 3 | Man's name that's the reverse of 60-Down |
| 36% | RED | 3 | Color that's the name of a Taylor Swift album |
| 36% | SELMA | 5 | Alabama city that's the name of a 2014 movie |
| 36% | ASPEN | 5 | Tree that's the name of a city in Colorado |
| 36% | ERIE | 4 | Pennsylvania city that shares the name of the Great Lake it's on |
| 36% | IRIS | 4 | Female name that's the name of a female assistant backward |
| 36% | FROG | 4 | Type of animal that's the mascot for Honey Smacks cereal |
| 36% | ROSE | 4 | Flower that's the name of Kate Winslet's "Titanic" character |