| 100% | HUMMINGBIRD | 11 | Ruby-throated ___, bird with one of the shortest life spans |
| 49% | ERIE | 4 | One of the Great Lakes with the shortest name |
| 47% | TAN | 3 | One of two Crayola colors with the shortest name |
| 46% | EMUS | 4 | Birds with wings about one-tenth the length of their bodies |
| 44% | EMT | 3 | One whose uniform bears the Star of Life, for short |
| 44% | ERICCARTMAN | 11 | One of the central "South Park," figures, the elementary school student who lives with his single mother: 2 wds. |
| 44% | BOBOLINKS | 9 | Birds with short finch-like bills ... or, what the sets of circled letters literally are? |
| 42% | ONEONTA | 7 | City with one of the SUNY schools |
| 42% | EMU | 3 | One of the tallest birds |
| 42% | EMU | 3 | One of the biggest birds |
| 42% | AUTO | 4 | Prefix with "biography" for the story of one's life |
| 42% | ECOL | 4 | One of the life sciences: Abbr. |
| 42% | EXEC | 4 | One of the brass, for short |
| 42% | MERC | 4 | One of the exchanges, for short |
| 42% | PENN | 4 | One of the Ivies, for short |
| 41% | TOUCAN | 6 | Tropical bird with one of world's longest beaks |
| 41% | AMEBA | 5 | One of the little things in life? |
| 41% | DOC | 3 | One of the dwarves with Snow White |
| 41% | COMEX | 5 | One of the financial markets, for short |
| 41% | ORV | 3 | One of the Wright brothers, for short |
| 41% | IWO | 3 | One of the Volcano Islands, for short |
| 41% | IWO | 3 | One of the Bonin Islands, for short |
| 41% | FDR | 3 | One of the Big Three, for short |
| 41% | ECON | 4 | One of the social sciences, for short |
| 41% | SANDIEGO | 8 | City with one of the largest zoos in the world |
| 41% | OAT | 3 | One of the four grains in Life cereal |
| 41% | LEMON | 5 | One of the original Life Savers fruit flavors |
| 41% | CAESAR | 6 | One of the lives in Plutarch's "Lives" |
| 41% | SHARJAH | 7 | One of the seven Emirates, with three enclaves |
| 41% | APRIL | 5 | One of the months with only 30 days |