| 100% | PIPE | 4 | Subject of a Magritte painting (or not) |
| 83% | PIPE | 4 | Subject of a Magritte painting (or is it?) |
| 81% | PIPE | 4 | Subject of a Magritte work (or not?) |
| 77% | PIPE | 4 | Subject of a Magritte painting |
| 69% | DREAM | 5 | Subject of a painting by Picasso or Rousseau |
| 63% | MATH | 4 | Subject of debate as to whether or not it’s a science |
| 57% | WEEPINGWILL | 11 | Subject of a series of Monet paintings |
| 57% | MAJA | 4 | Subject of a pair of Goya paintings |
| 57% | TOPIC | 5 | Subject of a conversation or school report |
| 55% | LEAD | 4 | Subject of a home buyer's paint inspection, perhaps |
| 55% | OSCAR | 5 | Subject of a seasonal buzz or nod |
| 54% | LEDA | 4 | Mythological subject of a Michelangelo painting |
| 54% | MAJA | 4 | Naked subject of a Goya painting |
| 54% | MARILYN | 7 | Subject of a painting by Andy and a song by Elton |
| 54% | PIPE | 4 | Object in a 1929 Magritte painting (or not) |
| 53% | AESOP | 5 | Classical subject of a Velázquez painting in the Prado |
| 53% | PORTRAIT | 8 | Painting or photograph of a person's face |
| 53% | SETTING | 7 | Backdrop of a painting or movie |
| 52% | TABLEAU | 7 | Painting or photograph of a scene telling a story |
| 52% | BASICS | 6 | The fundamentals of a subject or issue |
| 52% | ROUEN | 5 | City whose cathedral is the subject of a series of Monet paintings |
| 51% | PASTTENSE | 9 | Attribute of a verb, not present or future |
| 51% | LASTJUDGMENT | 12 | Biblical subject of a fresco painted by 14-Across: 2 wds. |
| 51% | PORTRAIT | 8 | Head and shoulders painting or drawing of a person |
| 50% | LOWGRADE | 8 | Not of a high quality or standard |
| 50% | MAO | 3 | He was the subject of a Warhol painting |
| 50% | SEASCAPE | 8 | A picture or painting of an ocean area |
| 50% | LANDSCAPE | 9 | A photograph or painting of the natural horizon |
| 50% | FACULTY | 7 | A division of learning or subject in university |
| 50% | GAS | 3 | A state of matter, not liquid or solid |