| 100% | ASS | 3 | One of Aesop's animals |
| 75% | THEBOYFIRSTCRIEDWOLF | 20 | One of Aesop's fables |
| 71% | MILKMAID | 8 | One of Aesop's fables: "The __ and her Pail" |
| 71% | MORAL | 5 | Conclusion to one of Aesop's fables |
| 70% | MORAL | 5 | Lesson taught by one of Aesop's fables |
| 70% | HARE | 4 | Overconfident racer in one of Aesop's fables |
| 66% | MOUSE | 5 | Tiny animal that was spared death in one of Aesop's fables |
| 66% | PAW | 3 | Where the lion had a thorn, in one of Aesop's fables |
| 64% | ELK | 3 | One of the animals on Michigan's state flag |
| 64% | RHINO | 5 | One of the world's largest land animals, familiarly |
| 64% | HIPPO | 5 | One of the world's largest land animals, familiarly |
| 64% | MORAL | 5 | Conclusion of one of Aesop's fables |
| 64% | OINKED | 6 | Emulated one of Old MacDonald's animals |
| 64% | MORAL | 5 | Message from one of Aesop's fables, such as "Beauty is only skin-deep" |
| 63% | HARE | 4 | Tortoise's rival in one of Aesop's fables |
| 63% | SHORTSTORY | 10 | One of 11 in Brandon Taylor's book "Filthy Animals" |
| 60% | PET | 3 | Animal that's part of one's family, say |
| 58% | HARE | 4 | "The Tortoise and the ___" (one of Aesop's Fables) |
| 58% | ANT | 3 | "The ___ and the Grasshopper" (one of Aesop's Fables) |
| 58% | WHO | 3 | "The Boy ___ Cried Wolf" (one of Aesop's fables) |
| 58% | BOY | 3 | "The ___ Who Cried Wolf" (one of Aesop's fables) |
| 57% | APE | 3 | One of the animals that raised Tarzan |
| 57% | TIGER | 5 | One of the 12 Chinese zodiac animals |
| 57% | SONIC | 5 | One of the S's in SST |
| 56% | CAR | 3 | One of 52 million in the U. S. |
| 55% | ELK | 3 | One of the animals on the Michigan state flag |
| 55% | SHIP | 4 | One of the S's in U.S.S. |
| 55% | MORAL | 5 | Message at the end of one of Aesop's fables |
| 54% | HUMMINGBIRD | 11 | One of the "dumbest dumb animals," according to 60-Across |
| 54% | PANDA | 5 | One of the animal mascots of the '08 Beijing Olympics |