| 100% | LEECH | 5 | Worm that feeds on the blood or tissues of other animals |
| 46% | CANNIBAL | 8 | Animal that feeds on the flesh of its own kind |
| 46% | BUZZARD | 7 | Large bird that feeds on carrion of other animals |
| 42% | HERBIVORE | 9 | Animal that feeds only or mainly on grass and other plants |
| 37% | MAGGOTS | 7 | Worm-like creatures that feed on the dead |
| 36% | SCAVENGER | 9 | An animal that feeds on refuse or carrion |
| 36% | OMNIVORE | 8 | An animal that feeds on plants and other animals |
| 35% | HOVERFLY | 8 | Insect often mistaken for a wasp or bee that feeds on the nectar and pollen of flowers |
| 35% | BAT | 3 | Vampire ___ (animal that feeds on blood) |
| 34% | FLOUNDER | 8 | Flatfish that feeds on the ocean floor |
| 33% | SAT | 3 | Day of the wk. ... or an exam usually taken on that day |
| 33% | RAGINGBULL | 10 | Animal that may be on the verge of an attack |
| 32% | PHAGY | 5 | A suffix that means feeding on or consumption of |
| 32% | ACROSS | 6 | On the other side of |
| 32% | BEYOND | 6 | On the other side of |
| 32% | PREDATOR | 8 | Creature that feeds on animals it has killed |
| 32% | SCAVENGER | 9 | Animal that feeds on a carcass |
| 32% | ACR | 3 | On the other side of: Abbr. |
| 31% | DEMERSAL | 8 | Fish that live and feed on or near the ocean floor |
| 31% | PARASITE | 8 | A bed bug is a __ that feeds on blood |
| 31% | KEEP | 4 | Hang on to ... or a word that can precede either half of the answer to each starred clue |
| 31% | SCAVENGER | 9 | Animal that feeds on dead plant material |
| 31% | OVERLEAF | 8 | On the other side of the page |
| 31% | OVERLEAF | 8 | On the other side of a page |
| 31% | OFFSPRING | 9 | The child or children of an animal |
| 31% | CHASER | 6 | Drink that follows a hard-liquor shot ... or the title of a song on Carrie Underwood's latest album |
| 31% | OPP | 3 | On the other side of the street: Abbr. |
| 30% | OPP | 3 | On the other end of the spectrum, for short |
| 30% | FOES | 4 | Those on the other side? |
| 30% | REPTILE | 7 | Family of animals that are cold-blooded like a snake or lizard |