| 100% | MURALIST | 8 | An artist whose canvas is a wall or a ceiling |
| 44% | PLASTERED | 9 | Drunk (as a ceiling or wall may be) |
| 44% | VASE | 4 | Container whose name is pronounced with either a long "a" or an "ah" |
| 42% | KLEE | 4 | Artist whose name is a homophone of a sculpture medium |
| 39% | PLASTERED | 9 | Added a smooth final coating to a wall or ceiling |
| 39% | SINATRA | 7 | Artist whose name is an anagram of "artisan" |
| 38% | CLEANER | 7 | Person whose working tools can be a broom or a mop |
| 38% | OHP | 3 | Device that displays an image on a wall or a screen: Abbr. |
| 38% | ROLEPLAY | 8 | Be a wizard or an elf, say, in Dungeons & Dragons |
| 38% | EEKAMOUSE | 9 | Pioneering reggae artist whose name is an exclamation |
| 38% | SHAPE | 5 | *It may be a pentagon or an OCTagon |
| 37% | NSA | 3 | Org. whose symbol is an eagle atop a key |
| 37% | NSA | 3 | Org. whose insignia is an eagle holding a key |
| 37% | IRS | 3 | Agcy. whose logo is an eagle holding a scale |
| 37% | BRITNEYSPEARS | 13 | Pop artist whose name is an anagram of 20-Across |
| 37% | EROS | 4 | Greek god whose name is an anagram of a flower |
| 37% | MONGREL | 7 | A dog whose breed is mixed or undetermined |
| 36% | STRETCHER | 9 | Bar used as a brace to extend an artist's canvas |
| 36% | OPAH | 4 | Fish whose name is a celebrity's name minus an R |
| 36% | DIAGONALLEY | 11 | Harry Potter thoroughfare whose name is a play on an adverb |
| 36% | NSA | 3 | Secretive government org. whose emblem is an eagle atop a key |
| 36% | NOME | 4 | Alaskan city whose name is an anagram of a Pixar fish |
| 36% | EASEL | 5 | What an artist sets a canvas on |
| 36% | SYMMETRY | 8 | Balance, to an artist or a mathematician |
| 36% | ARIA | 4 | Las Vegas casino whose name is a term for an opera solo |
| 36% | WWF | 3 | I'm an eco-friendly nonprofit whose logo is a giant panda |
| 36% | TEA | 3 | Small tree or shrub whose leaves are used to make a beverage |
| 36% | KAHLO | 5 | Artist whose Mexico City house was converted into a museum |
| 36% | BANSHEE | 7 | A female spirit whose scream is an omen of death |
| 36% | SPIRIT | 6 | A fiend is an evil __, demon, or spook |