| 100% | DEDALUS | 7 | Stephen of Joyce's "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man" |
| 83% | DEDALUS | 7 | A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man protagonist Stephen |
| 74% | JOYCE | 5 | "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man" author |
| 71% | PORTRAIT | 8 | "A ___ of the Artist as a Young Man" (James Joyce novel) |
| 71% | MOOCOW | 6 | Kidspeak animal mentioned in the first line of "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man" |
| 71% | ARTIST | 6 | James Joyce's "A Portrait of the ___ as a Young Man" |
| 69% | ASA | 3 | James Joyce's "A Portrait of the Artist ___ Young Man" |
| 68% | ASA | 3 | James Joyce's "A Portrait of the Artist ___ Young Man" (2 wds.) |
| 66% | PORTRAIT | 8 | "A ___ of the Artist as a Young Man," 1977 film directed by Joseph Strick which is based on a novel by James Joyce |
| 48% | RAPHAEL | 7 | Artist who painted Portrait of a Young Man |
| 42% | LAINEYWILSON | 12 | "Things a Man Oughta Know" singer chosen as one of six 2022 CMT Artists of the Year: 2 wds. |
| 40% | ROMEO | 5 | Young man in the title of a Shakespeare play |
| 39% | SAMMYDAVISJR | 12 | Dancer famous as the youngest member of the "Will Mastin Trio" and whose cover of "The Candy Man" became a number-one hit: 3 wds. |
| 39% | RICHTER | 7 | Artist Gerhard whose portraits of the Baader-Meinhof group inspired a Don DeLillo story |
| 39% | ANAMERICANGYRATED | 17 | Story of a young man who gets carried away and does the Twist? |
| 38% | RAPHAEL | 7 | His Portrait of a Young Man was stolen during WWII |
| 38% | CRIMEANDPUNISHMENT | 18 | Magnum opus about a young man, family and the concept of free will [1866, 1965] |
| 38% | STORM | 5 | Ororo Munroe's alias as a member of the X-Men |
| 37% | ACES | 4 | One of the pairs in a "dead man's hand," in poker |
| 37% | GILBERT | 7 | ___ Baker, artist who designed the rainbow flag as a symbol of LGBTQ pride |
| 37% | STRAITARTIST | 12 | Person painting a portrait of the “All My Ex’s Live in Texas” singer? |
| 36% | THOTH | 5 | Egyptian deity depicted as a man with the head of an ibis or a baboon |
| 35% | ALAN | 4 | One of the "Two and a Half Men" |
| 35% | MEET | 4 | "___ the Parents," 2000 film starring Ben Stiller as a man looking to win the approval of his in-laws |
| 35% | KANSAS | 6 | ___ Jayhawks men's basketball team which is a part of the NCAA Division I |
| 35% | UTAH | 4 | ___ Utes men's basketball team which is a part of the NCAA Division I |
| 34% | OWEN | 4 | ___ D. Young (Time's Man of the Year in 1929) |
| 34% | ARAFAT | 6 | Co-designee as Time's 1993 Man of the Year |
| 34% | 3SETS | 5 | Need for the winner of a Wimbledon men's match |
| 34% | BOBSBURGERS | 11 | Fox animated sitcom that once featured the voice of "Mad Men" star Jon Hamm as a toilet (2 wds.) |