| 100% | HONG | 4 | Elephant from Thailand who painted an elephant running with a flower |
| 36% | DRIBBLE | 7 | An athlete's run with a basketball |
| 36% | JOHNNYALPHA | 11 | Long-running comic fictional character from "Strontium dog" who is a mutant bounty hunter with an array of imaginative gadgets and weapons: 2 wds. |
| 35% | TAHITI | 6 | Where Gauguin painted "Woman With a Flower" |
| 34% | ISAAC | 5 | Newton who watched an apple fall from a tree |
| 34% | RYANHOWARD | 10 | A character from "The Office" played by B.J. Novak, who has an on-again off-again relationship with Mindy Kaling's character: 2 wds |
| 33% | VANGOGH | 7 | Dutch artist who painted a Wheatfield with Crows |
| 33% | PRINTING | 8 | Creating an artwork with a screen and paint |
| 33% | USER | 4 | Person who has an account with a website |
| 32% | QUEENNOORROOMMATES | 18 | People who share an apartment with a Jordanian royal? |
| 32% | BAMBI | 5 | Disney deer who's friends with a skunk named Flower |
| 32% | PICASSO | 7 | Cubist artist who painted a Boy with a Pipe, 1905 |
| 32% | STAMEN | 6 | The male organ of a flower, usually with an anther |
| 32% | STAMEN | 6 | Male part of a flower with an anther and stalk |
| 32% | LEDA | 4 | Woman who had an encounter with Zeus as a swan |
| 31% | SCUMBLE | 7 | Glaze a painting with an opaque color |
| 31% | EXAM | 4 | Test at the end of an academic year, with a name originating from Latin |
| 31% | VERMEER | 7 | Dutch master who painted "Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window" |
| 31% | HISS | 4 | Sound from a cat with an arched back |
| 31% | GIVEAWAY | 8 | Free stuff from a sponsor, with an entry |
| 31% | LUPITA | 6 | With 18-Across, Kenyan-Mexican actress who won an Oscar for "12 Years a Slave" |
| 31% | THUMBELINA | 10 | Tiny girl who emerges from a flower in a Hans Christian Andersen tale |
| 31% | RUNNERBEAN | 10 | Climbing plant with red flowers and edible pods also called a scarlet runner |
| 30% | ETA | 3 | Info requested from a friend who's running late |
| 30% | UNEARNED | 8 | Like a run scored from an error, in baseball |
| 30% | LENDMEYOURSPEARS | 16 | Request from a chef who ran out of asparagus? |
| 30% | DID | 3 | With 29-Down, question from a fan who slept through the game |
| 30% | YUMA | 4 | Indigenous people who share a name with an Arizona city |
| 30% | AARON | 5 | Hank —, US baseball player who retired in 1976 with a total of 755 home runs |