| 100% | TRUNK | 5 | (4/7) Let's focus on more details. Pick up the brown to paint the ___ of the tree |
| 46% | GRASS | 5 | (3/7) Let's start painting the ground. Pick up the green to paint the ___ |
| 33% | SKY | 3 | (1/7) Let's paint a beautiful landscape, start with the blue, to paint the ___ |
| 31% | ALIST | 5 | Focus of the most attention on the red carpet |
| 31% | VICUNA | 6 | Animal next to the Cinchona tree on Peru's coat of arms |
| 30% | MAG | 3 | Something many people can pick up when they're waiting to see the doc |
| 30% | DAVID | 5 | ___ Hasselhoff, American actor who was one of the judges on "America's Got Talent" from season 1 to 4 |
| 30% | PAR | 3 | 4, for more than half of the holes on a standard golf course |
| 30% | TEA | 3 | S___k is one of the most expensive items on any restaurant menu |
| 30% | PEARL | 5 | With 4 Down, site of the attack that on today's date in 1941 lead to the US entering WWII |
| 29% | CLOUDS | 6 | (2/7) Let's paint some white cottony ___ for the birds to fly around |
| 29% | SUN | 3 | (7/7) Let's finish the painting with some light. Take the yellow to 16a to paint the ___ |
| 29% | HEWER | 5 | Nick —, former advisor to Lord Sugar on BBC TV series The Apprentice; former presenter of Channel 4's Countdown |
| 29% | GREEN | 5 | With 4-Down, growing sector of the economy focused on addressing climate change |
| 29% | MAINLAND | 8 | Most of the U.S., to Hawaiians |
| 29% | ACUTABOVE | 9 | On another level, or a clue to the starts of 3-, 4-, 11- and 27-Down |
| 29% | STOPAZOMBIE | 11 | What any of the many weapons on "The Walking Dead" is intended to do? |
| 29% | REDWOOD | 7 | National park on the northern coast of 52-Across that's home to the tallest trees in the world |
| 28% | IMTOOSEXY | 9 | Runner-up to "Baby Got Back" on VH1's "40 Greatest One-Hit Wonders of the '90s" |
| 28% | NAME | 4 | Info to fill in on the first line of many forms |
| 28% | NEST | 4 | Bird's home up on the tree |
| 28% | CABIN | 5 | You have a destination in mind? Perfect! Let's pick a place to stay! (1/5) Cozy house in the woods often made of logs |
| 28% | HASTEN | 6 | Pick up the pace of |
| 28% | RIPS | 4 | Cool things to have on the knees of jeans, to many people |
| 28% | TEENAGERS | 9 | Many of the characters on HBO's "Euphoria," age-wise |
| 28% | ONO | 3 | "Painting to Be Stepped On" artist of the 1960s |
| 28% | LIST | 4 | Shopper's reminder of what to pick up |
| 28% | ASIA | 4 | Home to most of the world's people |
| 28% | MOUNTAINCLIMBER | 15 | One who encounters the last parts of the answers to the starred clues on the way up |
| 28% | DETECTS | 7 | Picks up the scent of, say |