| 100% | EARRING | 7 | "Girl with a Pearl ___," an oil painting by Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer which is housed in the Mauritshuis, The Hague |
| 46% | COLINFIRTH | 10 | "The King's Speech" actor who plays Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer in the film "Girl with a Pearl Earring" (2 wds.) |
| 45% | STARRYNIGHT | 11 | "The ___," an oil on canvas by the Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh which is housed in the Museum of Modern Art in NYC: 2 wds. |
| 39% | EARRING | 7 | Girl with a Pearl __, Vermeer oil painting |
| 38% | COLINFIRTH | 10 | "The King's Speech" actor who played painter Johannes Vermeer in "Girl With a Pearl Earring": 2 wds. |
| 38% | EARRING | 7 | Girl With a Pearl __, iconic painting by Vermeer |
| 37% | SONOFMAN | 8 | Magritte work in which a face is obscured by an apple, with The |
| 36% | POTATO | 6 | "The ___ Eaters," 1885 painting by Vincent Van Gogh which is now placed in a Dutch museum |
| 36% | LILIES | 6 | "Water ___," a series of oil paintings by French impressionist Claude Monet which are on display at museums across the world |
| 36% | SAND | 4 | "Love Letters in the ___," song with an ocean-related word in the title, a version of which was sung by Pat Boone |
| 36% | SAND | 4 | "Love Letters in the ___," song with an ocean-related word in the title, a version of which was sang by Pat Boone |
| 34% | LAST | 4 | "The ___ Supper," a late 15th-century painting by Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci which is housed in a convent in Milan, Italy |
| 33% | EARRING | 7 | Vermeer painting, Girl With a Pearl __ |
| 33% | EARRING | 7 | Vermeer painted a girl with a pearl one |
| 32% | MONALISA | 8 | Portrait painting by Leonardo da Vinci which is housed in the Louvre Museum, Paris: 2 wds. |
| 32% | SLANG | 5 | Specialty of "Urban Dictionary" which was used in 2011 by a district court in an ATF complaint to document the meanings of "murk" |
| 32% | EARRING | 7 | Jan Vermeer painted a famous Girl with a Pearl one |
| 31% | VERMEER | 7 | Dutch painter featured in Tracy Chevalier's novel "Girl with a Pearl Earring" |
| 31% | NED | 3 | Only Springfield resident whose house is destroyed by a hurricane, in an episode of The Simpsons |
| 31% | CAR | 3 | "I'm In Love With My ___," 1975 song by Queen which is a part of the album "A Night at the Opera" |
| 31% | GALWAY | 6 | "___ Girl," song by English singer Ed Sheeran which has the name of an Irish city in its title that is home to Eyre Square |
| 31% | LUCY | 4 | "___ in the Sky with Diamonds," 1967 song by The Beatles which was inspired by a drawing that Lennon's son made of his classmate |
| 31% | FALL | 4 | "The ___ of the House of Usher," gothic short story by Edgar Allan Poe which is about two ailing siblings living in a strange mansion |
| 30% | VERMEER | 7 | Dutch painter of Girl With a Pearl Earring |
| 30% | BETH | 4 | A hit song by Kiss, which was performed with the New York Philharmonic |
| 30% | DRY | 3 | With 10 Across, what cannot be seen in the house after a tearjerker |
| 30% | INTOTHE | 7 | "___ Groove" a 1985 song by Madonna which was featured in the film "Desperately Seeking Susan": 2wds. |
| 30% | JETSONS | 7 | "The ___," animated sitcom produced by Hanna-Barbera which is about a family in the future |
| 30% | WAGON | 5 | "Little Red ___," 2014 song covered by Miranda Lambert which was featured in the movie "Forever My Girl" |
| 30% | ASL | 3 | Syst. in which "Deaf Power" can be indicated by an open palm over one ear and the other hand forming a closed fist in the air |