100% | PEST | 4 | Unwanted and destructive insect or animal like a rat, or a cockroach |
39% | DEER | 4 | A swift animal, like a doe or a stag |
37% | PEST | 4 | Annoying creature like a rat or mosquito |
37% | NEOPETS | 7 | Virtual animals like a Kau and a Kougra |
37% | EXOTICPET | 9 | Rare domesticated animal like a monkey or tiger |
36% | PROBOSCIS | 9 | The long mouth of an animal like a snout or trunk |
35% | MOTH | 4 | Insect that looks like a butterfly and has a "Gothic" species |
35% | MATURES | 7 | Gets older and wiser, like a cheese or wine |
35% | GLOSSY | 6 | Shiny and smooth, like a photo or magazine page |
34% | UNGULATE | 8 | Hoofed animal, like a horse, deer or camel |
34% | EWE | 3 | Animal that sounds like a tree, a pronoun, and a letter |
34% | AMPHIBIAN | 9 | Semi-aquatic animal, like a frog, toad, or newt |
33% | FERAL | 5 | Savage and untamed, like a wild animal |
33% | REPTILE | 7 | Family of animals that are cold-blooded like a snake or lizard |
32% | YOYO | 4 | Move up and down, like body weight or a toy on a string: Hyph. |
32% | COTTAGE | 7 | Small and simple house, like near a beach or lake |
32% | HOVERFLY | 8 | Insect often mistaken for a wasp or bee that feeds on the nectar and pollen of flowers |
32% | INFEST | 6 | Overrun, like insects and rats do |
31% | LADYBUGS | 8 | Insects known for their distinctive spots ... or a hint to 15-, 23-, 36-, and 48-Across |
31% | BLOWBYBLOW | 10 | Like a detailed account . . . or how 17-, 19-, 35-, and 53-Across are created |
31% | BASIC | 5 | Elemental and fundamental, like a college course or an early computer language |
31% | SLOW | 4 | Like a tortoise or a snail |
31% | SPINY | 5 | Like a cactus or a porcupine |
31% | PREDATOR | 8 | Like a wolf or a lion |
31% | MALE | 4 | Like a stallion or a bull |
31% | SLOW | 4 | Like a turtle or a snail |
31% | TOOL | 4 | Like a hammer or a chisel |
31% | MALE | 4 | Like a stag or a stallion |
31% | MALE | 4 | Like a bull or a rooster |
31% | OVINE | 5 | Like a lamb or a ram |