| 100% | SMEAR | 5 | Smudge or wipe paint across a surface |
| 42% | LIMN | 4 | Paint or draw on a surface |
| 39% | COLLAGE | 7 | Art technique consisting of cutting and pasting materials to a painted or unpainted surface |
| 36% | PRIMES | 6 | Prepares, as a surface for painting |
| 36% | ART | 3 | A sculpture or painting |
| 35% | TEXTURE | 7 | The feel of a surface or substance |
| 35% | STREWED | 7 | Scattered untidily over a surface or area |
| 35% | PRIMER | 6 | Undercoat to prepare a surface for painting |
| 35% | OVEREXPLAINED | 13 | adv. across a barrier or intervening space |
| 35% | MARE | 4 | Surface for a 32 Across |
| 35% | TEXTURE | 7 | The feel of a surface, bumpy or smooth |
| 35% | CANVAS | 6 | Cotton cloth used as a surface for painting |
| 34% | DESK | 4 | Surface for computer or a book |
| 34% | ART | 3 | Sculpture or a painting |
| 34% | ERASE | 5 | Wipe from a board or a server |
| 34% | ARTIST | 6 | A person who paints, draws or sculpts |
| 34% | WET | 3 | Like a freshly painted surface |
| 34% | WALL | 4 | Surface painted by a muralist |
| 33% | SEASCAPE | 8 | A picture or painting of an ocean area |
| 33% | PORTRAIT | 8 | Painting or photograph of a person's face |
| 33% | LANDSCAPE | 9 | A photograph or painting of the natural horizon |
| 33% | SANDY | 5 | Like a beach or desert surface |
| 33% | DEPICT | 6 | Represent in a drawing or painting |
| 33% | SETTING | 7 | Backdrop of a painting or movie |
| 33% | ENCOUNTER | 9 | (v.) to build a surface in a kitchen or a store |
| 33% | CURLING | 7 | A game where stones slide across an icy surface |
| 33% | PARTITION | 9 | A screen or divider; an anagram of paint trio |
| 33% | TABLEAU | 7 | Painting or photograph of a scene telling a story |
| 33% | FRESCO | 6 | Painting done on a wet plaster wall or ceiling |
| 32% | LAYON | 5 | Apply, as paint or a guilt trip |