| 100% | SISTINE | 7 | This chapel's ceiling was painted by Michelangelo |
| 47% | SISTINECHAPEL | 13 | Vatican City landmark whose ceiling was painted by 14-Across: 2 wds. |
| 45% | SISTINE | 7 | Michelangelo painted its ceiling: __ Chapel |
| 45% | SISTINE | 7 | Michelangelo painted this famous chapel |
| 41% | SISTINE | 7 | __ Chapel in Vatican City, painted by Michelangelo |
| 40% | SATFOR | 6 | Was painted by, say |
| 38% | FRESCO | 6 | Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel painting, e.g. |
| 37% | MAO | 3 | Leader who was painted by Warhol |
| 36% | MAO | 3 | Chinese leader who was painted by Andy Warhol |
| 34% | SUN | 3 | What's been fully "eclipsed" by 8-Across in this puzzle |
| 34% | LONE | 4 | This Ranger is by himself |
| 34% | MARAT | 5 | Jean-Paul ___ (French revolutionary whose death was painted by Jacques-Louis David) |
| 33% | CREATIONOFADAM | 14 | Painting on the Sistine Chapel's ceiling, with "The" |
| 33% | CERULEAN | 8 | Skies were painted with this blue, 1860 onwards |
| 33% | GONDOLA | 7 | Venetian boat, must be painted black by law |
| 33% | CROSSWORDESE | 12 | What this puzzle's capitalized clues are, both by definition and pun |
| 32% | EMU | 3 | This bird's head is represented by the Coalsack Nebula according to the Aboriginal culture of Australia |
| 32% | PIANIST | 7 | Paint is used by musician |
| 32% | TREASURES | 9 | These were buried by pirates |
| 32% | SISTINE | 7 | Chapel in the Vatican with a painted ceiling |
| 32% | MUSHROOM | 8 | Its shape is depicted by this puzzle's white squares |
| 32% | SISTINE | 7 | Private papal chapel with Michelangelo ceiling |
| 32% | MORTAR | 6 | This tool is commonly accompanied by a pestle |
| 32% | PICTURE | 7 | This is said to paint a thousand words |
| 32% | STPETERS | 8 | Its dome was designed by Michelangelo |
| 32% | TABOOS | 6 | These are forbidden by social customs |
| 32% | ASPEN | 5 | The world's largest organism by mass, known as Pando, is this type of tree |
| 32% | TOE | 3 | This bit of Michelangelo`s David was damaged with a hammer in 1991 |
| 31% | EDEN | 4 | Locale painted on the Sistine Chapel ceiling |
| 31% | ARGON | 5 | Its atomic number is this clue's number divided by three |