| 100% | ATLANTIC | 8 | The ling is a long thin fish from the North __ |
| 47% | EASTERNCOUGAR | 13 | A subspecies of puma from North America which was formally declared extinct by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 2018: 2 wds. |
| 44% | BOLTON | 6 | House ___, extinct Great House from the North whose stronghold was a castle, the Dreadfort |
| 41% | WHISKER | 7 | A long hair growing from the snout of a cat |
| 41% | RATTLE | 6 | The sidewinder is a type of __ snake from the US |
| 39% | RATTAIL | 7 | Long, thin fish also called a grenadier |
| 39% | HEADDOWN | 8 | A fish rots from the __ |
| 39% | MOUNTAINS | 9 | The Akita is a dog breed from the __ of Japan |
| 39% | CATCHING | 8 | Surf fishing is __ fish from the shore line |
| 39% | PREDATORY | 9 | The Black Jack is a large __ tropical fish |
| 39% | CLEARSIGN | 9 | "It was a ___ from the heavens.": 2 wds. |
| 38% | ELF | 3 | Holiday movie in which Will Ferrell's character journeys from the North Pole |
| 38% | ALLY | 4 | Calista Flockhart's much loved character from a legal comedy-drama who is a lawyer at the fictional firm "Cage and Fish" |
| 38% | GAR | 3 | A long-snouted fish often found in the Bayou |
| 38% | GAR | 3 | A long-snouted fish, often found on the Bayou |
| 38% | HOMELAND | 8 | The place where a person is from |
| 37% | MUCOUS | 6 | The texture of a snail is from this |
| 37% | MATERIAL | 8 | The coat was made from a very smooth ___ |
| 37% | AFT | 3 | Toward the most common part of a boat to fish from |
| 37% | FROSTBITE | 9 | Hazard of being outside in the cold for a long time |
| 37% | IFI | 3 | "___ Were a Rich Man" (song from "Fiddler on the Roof") |
| 37% | DYNASTY | 7 | A long line of rulers from the same family |
| 37% | APE | 3 | A giant ___ (What King Kong from the movies is) |
| 37% | CODE | 4 | A message from the Pentagon might be in this |
| 37% | VIOLETHILL | 10 | Coldplay hit song that begins, "Was a long and dark December / From the rooftops I remember" (2 wds.) |
| 37% | TESTAMENT | 9 | Leviathan is a monster from the Old __ |
| 37% | TASER | 5 | This is a shocker from the cops! |
| 37% | FIFTHMOUNTAIN | 13 | Paulo Coelho novel which is a narration of Elijah from the Hebrew Bible, "The ___": 2 wds. |
| 37% | AIOLI | 5 | Garlic ___ is a common dressing, comes from the southern region of France |
| 36% | KOI | 3 | A kind of fish, after which the pond is named |