| 100% | MANET | 5 | Painter of a Zola portrait |
| 70% | STUART | 6 | Painter of a famed Washington portrait |
| 67% | MANET | 5 | Painter of Émile Zola’s portrait |
| 58% | WHISTLER | 8 | 1800s painter known for a portrait of his mother |
| 56% | DALI | 4 | Painter of a melting clock |
| 53% | GOYA | 4 | Painter of a maja both "desnuda" and "vestida" |
| 52% | ECONARTISTS | 11 | Painters of financiers' portraits? |
| 51% | HOGARTH | 7 | Satirical English painter of A Rake's Progress |
| 51% | FRIDAKAHLO | 10 | Painter of self-portraits with a Mexico City museum dedicated to her work: 2 wds. |
| 50% | DEGAS | 5 | "Rehearsal of a Ballet" painter |
| 49% | MADAMEX | 7 | Subject of a scandalous Sargent portrait |
| 49% | ART | 3 | Creation of a painter or sculptor |
| 49% | LADDERDAYSAINTS | 15 | Guardians of a house painters' celebration? |
| 49% | VANGOGH | 7 | Painter of The Starry Night and his own portrait |
| 47% | PETERLELY | 9 | Portrait painter of the Restoration period |
| 47% | VELAZQUEZ | 9 | 17th-century painter of "Lady With a Fan" |
| 47% | VERMEER | 7 | Dutch painter of Girl With a Pearl Earring |
| 47% | WARARTIST | 9 | Appointed role of a famous painter during conflict |
| 47% | LIMN | 4 | Make a portrait of |
| 47% | DRAW | 4 | Make a portrait of |
| 46% | OILPAPER | 8 | Portrait canvas of a sort |
| 46% | ENSOR | 5 | "Skeletons Fighting for the Body of a Hanged Man" painter |
| 45% | PEALE | 5 | Painter who did portraits of Washington and Jefferson |
| 45% | MUGSHOT | 7 | Portrait of a criminal after they're arrested |
| 45% | SITTINGS | 8 | Times spent with a portrait painter |
| 45% | ONEDOLLAR | 9 | Words beneath a portrait of Washington |
| 45% | OBAMA | 5 | Subject of a Kehinde Wiley portrait in the National Portrait Gallery |
| 45% | SELF | 4 | Subject most familiar to a portrait painter |
| 45% | MANETS | 6 | Certain portraits of Zola, Chabrier and Mallarmé |
| 44% | TEN | 3 | Bill with a portrait of 42-Across |