| 100% | MESMER | 6 | Austrian physician whose work laid the foundation for hypnosis |
| 96% | MESMER | 6 | Franz, Austrian physician whose work laid the foundation for hypnosis |
| 61% | ANAXIMANDER | 11 | Pre-Socratic philosopher whose work laid the foundation for the scientific method |
| 40% | END | 3 | It lays the foundation for a new beginning, sometimes |
| 34% | WATTEAU | 7 | Jean-Antoine —, French painter whose works include 1717's The Embarkation for Cythera |
| 34% | WATTEAU | 7 | Jean-Antoine —, French painter whose works include 1717’s The Embarkation for Cythera |
| 33% | BOB | 3 | & 21A Animator whose works for television included the series Roobarb and Henry's Cat |
| 33% | CSLEWIS | 7 | *Deceased writer whose work was the basis for a hit 2005 film |
| 33% | DAVID | 5 | & 5D Playwright whose works for children include The Gingerbread Man and The Ideal Gnome Expedition |
| 32% | NYMAN | 5 | Michael —, composer whose works include 1986 opera The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat |
| 32% | BACON | 5 | Francis —, painter whose works include 1944's Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion |
| 32% | WANGECHIMUTU | 12 | Artist whose work filled the entirety of the New Museum, for the 2023 exhibition “Intertwined” |
| 30% | KLIMT | 5 | Gustav —, Austrian painter whose works include 1905's The Three Ages of Woman |
| 30% | SODS | 4 | Lays the groundwork for? |
| 30% | MARTINBRAVENUN | 14 | President of the Foundation for Religious Heroism? |
| 30% | WEBERN | 6 | Anton —, Austrian composer whose works include 1934's Concerto for Nine Instruments, Op 24 |
| 30% | SOD | 3 | Lay the groundwork for, say |
| 30% | INHOUSE | 7 | Like counsel whose client is the company they work for |
| 30% | JEBBUSH | 7 | Founder of the Foundation for Florida's Future |
| 29% | ODE | 3 | Work whose name comes from the Greek for "sing" |
| 29% | LAMER | 5 | Debussy work whose title is French for "The Sea" |
| 29% | ERG | 3 | Unit whose name comes from the Greek word for "work" |
| 29% | SCOTTWOLF | 9 | "Party of Five" actor who's doing charity work for the Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation in Malawi: 2 wds. |
| 28% | STUDSTERKEL | 11 | US author and broadcaster whose work The Good War: An Oral History of World War II won the 1985 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction |
| 28% | PLAY | 4 | Work for the stage |
| 28% | SCREENED | 8 | Worked for the tsa |
| 28% | ROOFER | 6 | One whose work is on the house? |
| 28% | WRITER | 6 | One whose work is on the books? |
| 28% | POET | 4 | Artist whose work stays inside the lines? |
| 28% | HITMEN | 6 | Guys whose work is in the offing? |