| 100% | LEWISANDCLOCK | 13 | Portrait of an explorer with his timepiece? |
| 42% | LOTTO | 5 | Lorenzo —, Italian artist whose works include Portrait of Giovanni della Volta with his Wife and Children |
| 41% | LOTTO | 5 | Lorenzo —, Italian Renaissance artist whose works include Portrait of Giovanni della Volta with his Wife and Children |
| 41% | LOTTO | 5 | Lorenzo -, Italian Renaissance artist whose works include Portrait of Giovanni della Volta with his Wife and Children |
| 39% | ASTRONAUT | 9 | An explorer of space |
| 39% | LOTTO | 5 | Lorenzo —, Italian Renaissance artist whose works include Portrait of Giovanni della Volta with his Wife and Children, completed in 1547 |
| 38% | DALIMADISON | 11 | Spanish artist's portrait of an American president? |
| 37% | PONCE | 5 | Puerto Rican city named for the descendant of an explorer |
| 37% | ROSS | 4 | Explorer with an Antarctic Sea named for him |
| 36% | LES | 3 | Brown with His Band of Renown |
| 36% | EYETO | 5 | With an __ (mindful of) |
| 36% | DORA | 4 | TV explorer with an iguana named Isa |
| 36% | HELGA | 5 | Subject of an Andrew Wyeth portrait series |
| 36% | CEZANNE | 7 | Subject of an 1874 portrait by Pissarro |
| 36% | LIBATIONBEARERS | 15 | Middle of an Aeschylus trilogy, with "The" |
| 36% | DOORNAILS | 9 | Parts of an opening associated with death? |
| 36% | SLUR | 4 | Bit of an insult (rhymes with "blur") |
| 36% | BAGPIPER | 8 | Player of an instrument associated with Scotland |
| 36% | ERICADAMS | 9 | Mayor whose phones were seized as part of an F.B.I. investigation into whether his campaign had conspired with the Turkish government (November, 2023) |
| 36% | SERENELY | 8 | With an air of calm |
| 36% | VERBOSE | 7 | With an excess of words |
| 36% | BLASE | 5 | With an attitude of indifference |
| 36% | SNOOTILY | 8 | With an air of haughtiness |
| 35% | LEIF | 4 | First name of an early explorer of Vinland |
| 35% | TASMAN | 6 | Dutch explorer with an island named after him |
| 35% | TEATREE | 7 | Source of an essential oil with medicinal properties |
| 35% | CEL | 3 | One frame of an animation (rhymes with "Kel") |
| 35% | SMUGLY | 6 | With an abundance of self-satisfaction |
| 35% | INCAPS | 6 | With an implication of shouting, say |
| 35% | WHISTLER | 8 | 1800s painter known for a portrait of his mother |