| 100% | ECOTYPE | 7 | Population of a species that adapts to local environmental conditions |
| 35% | EDGECASE | 8 | Situation that occurs under extreme conditions, and a description of the answer to each starred clue |
| 35% | MOUSELEMUR | 10 | A species unique to Madagascar that is the world's smallest primate and one of the smallest mammals in the world: 2 wds. |
| 35% | HEAT | 4 | ___ wave, climate condition leading to high temperatures that is a proposed theory for the extinction of dinosaurs |
| 35% | COLD | 4 | ___ wave, climate condition leading to freezing temperatures that is a proposed theory for the extinction of dinosaurs |
| 34% | OMNIVORE | 8 | Animal of a species that eats and digests both plant and animal matter |
| 34% | MEMORY | 6 | __ foam, mattress that adapts to a sleeper's body |
| 34% | OMNIVORE | 8 | Any animal of a species that eats and digests both plant and animal matter |
| 34% | SEA | 3 | ___ level change, condition leading to oceanic water level changes that is a proposed theory for the extinction of dinosaurs |
| 32% | THREE | 5 | ___ of a kind (poker hand that loses to a straight) |
| 32% | CASSEROLEDISH | 13 | Part of a gift that needs to be returned |
| 32% | CHIMNEY | 7 | Part of a fireplace that needs to be swept |
| 32% | NET | 3 | Back of a goal used to catch balls that score |
| 32% | SETUP | 5 | Part of a joke that leads to the punch line |
| 32% | SHUTTER | 7 | Doors of a camera lens that open to control light |
| 32% | REED | 4 | Part of a musical instrument that anagrams to an animal |
| 32% | NET | 3 | Part of a basketball hoop that attaches to the rim |
| 31% | CALF | 4 | Part of a runner's body that is susceptible to cramping |
| 31% | NAILS | 5 | Part of a rock band name that anagrams to an animal |
| 31% | RIM | 3 | Edge of a basketball hoop that players aim to score through |
| 31% | SCOLIOSIS | 9 | Condition that can mean a curvature of the spine |
| 31% | OCD | 3 | Condition that scrupulosity is a subtype of, for short |
| 31% | TOOTHDECAY | 10 | Condition contributed to by a lack of [circled letters] |
| 31% | NUMB | 4 | Part of a body that is unable to feel |
| 31% | LOOP | 4 | Part of a roller coaster that causes riders to go upside-down |
| 31% | ERRORPAGE | 9 | Part of a Web site that’s rarely navigated to on purpose |
| 31% | MAST | 4 | Part of a ship that a sail is attached to |
| 31% | KOREA | 5 | Site of a war that lasted from 1950 to 1953 |
| 31% | PIT | 3 | Part of a date that could lead to more dates |
| 31% | ABCS | 4 | Subject of a book that goes from apple to zebra |