| 100% | FISHPOND | 8 | Tiny reservoir for creatures that swim |
| 43% | SEATURTLES | 10 | Creatures that divers sometimes swim with |
| 42% | LLAMAS | 6 | Creatures that may be mistaken for alpacas |
| 41% | MISSINGLYNX | 11 | Forest creature that's unaccounted for? |
| 41% | EELS | 4 | Long sea creatures that can swim backward |
| 40% | DUSTMITE | 8 | Tiny creature that can trigger allergies |
| 40% | GERM | 4 | Tiny creature that makes you sick |
| 39% | GREMLIN | 7 | Small, imaginary creature that gets blamed for mechanical problems |
| 39% | FAIRY | 5 | Tooth ___, modern legendary creature that exchanges teeth for money |
| 38% | MANATEE | 7 | Sea creature that sailors mistook for a mermaid, centuries ago |
| 38% | PEA | 3 | Tiny vegetable that may be split for soup |
| 38% | SEATURTLE | 9 | Creature that returns to the beach where it was born for laying eggs |
| 38% | ANANT | 5 | Tiny insect that may crave for sugar: 2 wds. |
| 37% | ORCA | 4 | Sea creature that's the mascot for the NHL's Vancouver Canucks |
| 36% | ATOM | 4 | Tiny particle that's derived from the Greek word for "indivisible" |
| 36% | XXXXXX | 6 | Creature whose creation can mean death for those trapped in it |
| 36% | YMCA | 4 | Community site that may offer swim classes, for short |
| 35% | YMCA | 4 | Organization that offers swim classes and summer camps, for short |
| 35% | SMOL | 4 | Slang for something that's tiny and adorable |
| 35% | OCTOPI | 6 | Erroneous but common plural for creatures with suction cups that can taste what they touch |
| 35% | ANIMALFARM | 10 | Novel that uses barnyard creatures as an allegory for Soviet totalitarianism |
| 32% | CRAB | 4 | Creature that sidles |
| 32% | MANTIS | 6 | With 38-Across, underwater creature that's not actually a 38-Across (nor a 36-Across, for that matter) |
| 32% | SUMP | 4 | Reservoir for drained liquid |
| 32% | ASPS | 4 | Creatures that produce neurotoxins |
| 32% | MILLPONDS | 9 | Reservoirs for water mills |
| 31% | FROG | 4 | Creature that goes "ribbit" |
| 31% | BAT | 3 | Creature that uses echolocation |
| 31% | FROG | 4 | Creature that goes "ribbit!" |
| 31% | SQUID | 5 | Creature that squirts ink |