| 100% | SABLES | 6 | Relatives of weasels with dark fur |
| 50% | MINK | 4 | Weasel relative with silky fur |
| 46% | SABLE | 5 | Weasellike animal with dark fur |
| 45% | OTTER | 5 | Freshwater mammal with dark brown fur |
| 44% | PEKAN | 5 | Relative of the weasel |
| 44% | STOAT | 5 | Relative of a weasel |
| 44% | SABLE | 5 | Relative of a weasel |
| 44% | MINK | 4 | Relative of a weasel |
| 43% | MINKS | 5 | Weasel relatives known for their fur |
| 43% | MINKS | 5 | Weasel relatives prized for their fur |
| 43% | MINKS | 5 | Weasel relatives famous for their fur |
| 42% | OTTER | 5 | Whiskered relative of a weasel |
| 40% | SQUIRREL | 8 | Red __, tree-dwelling rodent with dark orange fur |
| 40% | LEG | 3 | Piece of chicken with dark meat |
| 39% | MEMOIR | 6 | Relative of an autobiography, that shares its root word with "memory" |
| 39% | PANSY | 5 | Flower with dark markings in the middle of petals |
| 38% | STOAT | 5 | Short-tailed weasel with brown fur |
| 38% | MINKS | 5 | Weasel cousins that are the source of expensive fur |
| 38% | BLACKBEAR | 9 | Forest ''grizzly'' relative with a dark coat |
| 38% | TRAPPER | 7 | Style of fur hat with ear flaps |
| 37% | EYED | 4 | Black-___ Susan (sunflower relative with a dark center) |
| 36% | SEA | 3 | With 6-Across, it has the densest fur of any animal |
| 36% | NEMEA | 5 | Home of a mythical lion with nearly impenetrable fur |
| 36% | BRINDLED | 8 | Any brown dog with patches of a darker color |
| 36% | REX | 3 | Kind of cat with short, curly fur |
| 36% | MINK | 4 | Ferret relative with soft fur |
| 35% | RIDGEBACK | 9 | Rhodesian dog breed with strip of fur on its spine |
| 35% | CHARTREUX | 9 | Blue cat from France with a double coat of fur |
| 35% | RINGDOVES | 9 | Birds with bands of dark plumage partially encircling their necks |
| 35% | MINK | 4 | Weasel-like mammal with beautiful fur |