| 100% | HYDRAS | 6 | Tiny, common little critters that appear not to age and can regenerate |
| 48% | HYDRAS | 6 | Minuscule fresh-water organisms that can regenerate and do not appear to age |
| 29% | GOGRAY | 6 | Age, and not try to hide it |
| 28% | RAT | 3 | Critter that can be trained to sniff out gunshot residue |
| 28% | ORWORSE | 7 | "... not to mention everything else that could go wrong!" |
| 27% | CUMULUS | 7 | Common clouds that appear to be fluffy |
| 26% | ROPE | 4 | Object that appears to be cut and restored in a classic magic trick |
| 26% | WOLF | 4 | Animal that howls at the moon and can detect sounds up to at least 25,000 Hz, far beyond the human hearing range |
| 26% | STOPONADIME | 11 | "___, and your car will come to rest over that little coin" |
| 26% | GATE | 4 | Entryway to a house that can be opened and closed |
| 25% | SSE | 3 | Direction that's down and a little to the right: Abbr. |
| 25% | BOATSWAIN | 9 | Word that can be shortened to four letters and two apostrophes |
| 25% | SCAPE | 5 | Word that can follow sea and man to make new words |
| 25% | FROGS | 5 | Creatures that can freeze and thaw to survive the winter cold |
| 25% | BANANAPEELS | 11 | Skins that can be marinated and fried to make vegan "bacon" |
| 25% | ASCII | 5 | Character set that can be used to make emoticons and digital art |
| 25% | ROMAN | 5 | ___ numerals (symbols that can be used to spell “mix,” “livid,” and “civil”) |
| 25% | ERNE | 4 | Common name for haliaeetus albicilla that can have a wingspan of up to 8 ft. |
| 25% | ALIEN | 5 | Extraterrestrial being that is common to 16a, 40a, 46a, 52a, 22d and 55d |
| 25% | ENE | 3 | Dir. that's to the right and a little up on a map |
| 25% | PSITTACOSIS | 11 | Infectious disease of parrots and other birds that can be transmitted to humans |
| 25% | ASPHALT | 7 | Material that can be used to secure plant graftings and seal tree wounds |
| 24% | TAGS | 4 | Little things that say "To" and "From" |
| 24% | BUG | 3 | Spy's tiny microphone that can be covertly planted to eavesdrop on classified conversations |
| 24% | PACKAGES | 8 | Parcels and other goods ... and something that you can get delivered to your doorstep |
| 24% | ONTHE | 5 | Words that can precede 1-Down and 5-Down, to mean "Undecided" and "Liable" |
| 24% | DOG | 3 | Furry friend that can brighten your day and be your reason to smile today |
| 24% | FUEL | 4 | Materials like wood, gas, and diesel that can be burned to produce 28a, say |
| 24% | HOP | 3 | Word that can follow "bunny" and "Lindy" to make dances from the mid-1900s |
| 24% | ATM | 3 | Device that could be linked to networks such as PLUS, Cirrus, and STAR: Abbr. |