| 100% | REMBRANDT | 9 | ___ van Rijn, Dutch painter whose painting "The Adoration of the Magi" was confirmed to be original in 2021 |
| 36% | 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. |
| 34% | ERASMUS | 7 | Desiderius —, Dutch humanist whose Greek edition of the New Testament was published in 1516 |
| 33% | APR | 3 | Month when the Oscars are scheduled to be awarded in 2021 (Abbr.) |
| 32% | NSO | 3 | Public res. inst., HQed in Boulder, whose mission is to advance understanding of the sun |
| 32% | AMAHL | 5 | Boy in a Menotti opera inspired by The Adoration of the Magi |
| 32% | BOER | 4 | Dutch word for farmer that was applied to European settlers of South Africa in the 18th and 19th centuries |
| 32% | PRESIDENTSDAY | 13 | February occasion, some of whose honorees can be found in the answers to the five starred clues |
| 31% | OSC | 3 | Henry Kerner was confirmed by the US Senate in 2017 to be the executive of this agency (abbr.) |
| 31% | RONWEASLEY | 10 | The character Rupert Grint - whose birthday it is today - shot to fame playing in the "Harry Potter" series of films: 2 wds. |
| 31% | EARRING | 7 | "Girl with a Pearl ___," an oil painting by Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer which is housed in the Mauritshuis, The Hague |
| 31% | RUMI | 4 | Poet whose work was set to music by Philip Glass and Robert Wilson in the chamber opera “Monsters of Grace” |
| 30% | GARTH | 5 | Greenwell whose novel “Small Rain” was called “an exquisite addition to the literature of illness” in The Yale Review (September, 2024) |
| 30% | QUAIDORSAY | 10 | Street in Paris whose name is used figuratively to refer to the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| 30% | LIPPI | 5 | 15th-century painter of "The Adoration of the Magi" |
| 30% | FULLHOUSE | 9 | The odds of being dealt this in poker are 693 to 1 |
| 29% | OTISREDDING | 11 | US singer-songwriter whose posthumous album The Dock of the Bay was released in 1968 |
| 29% | CHUCKBERRY | 10 | One of the original Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees, whose name is a hint to the answers to the four starred clues |
| 29% | CATS | 4 | 2019 flop whose Variety review began "Nine may not be enough lives for some of the stars to live down their involvement in this …" |
| 29% | HORATIO | 7 | To whom it is said "Something is rotten in the state of Denmark" |
| 29% | UKE | 3 | The art of being able to respond to an oncoming attack in Judo |
| 29% | ALI | 3 | Last name of the boxer whose original name was Cassius Clay |
| 29% | IKEA | 4 | Store whose logo is in the colors of the Swedish flag |
| 29% | HAPPILYEVERAFT | 14 | Always glad to be seated in the back of the boat? |
| 29% | ABRAHAM | 7 | Prophet believed to be buried in the Cave of the Patriarchs |
| 29% | ENVIES | 6 | Wishes to be in the shoes of |
| 29% | PRIVYCOUNCIL | 12 | Body of advisors to the Sovereign of the UK whose current head is Jacob Rees-Mogg |
| 29% | ASTRO | 5 | Member of the M.L.B. team whose manager and G.M. were suspended and dismissed in January, 2020, due to a sign-stealing scandal |
| 29% | BOSCH | 5 | Hieronymus —, Dutch painter whose works include triptych The Garden of Earthly Delights |
| 29% | ADIE | 4 | Kate —, journalist whose autobiography The Kindness Of Strangers was published in 2002 |