| 100% | SYMBOLISM | 9 | Use of imagery or allegory to evoke meaning in art |
| 39% | DEPICT | 6 | To show or represent in a form of art |
| 38% | BONAFIDE | 8 | Latin term used in English to mean genuine or real |
| 37% | LENDINGOUT | 10 | Allowing use of, as a library does ... or, in three parts, a hint to four puzzle answers |
| 36% | DIAL | 4 | Word before "up" to mean a form of internet access used in the '90s |
| 36% | REDACTED | 8 | Used a black marker on ... or a hint to three chunks of black squares in this puzzle |
| 36% | ICON | 4 | Pictorial image that is often used to represent the theme or meaning of an application |
| 35% | SCUD | 4 | Name of a missile used in the gulf war, which means to move quickly like clouds |
| 35% | VERISMO | 7 | Use of everyday life in art |
| 34% | ROLEREVERSAL | 12 | Plot device used in "Freaky Friday" ... or a hint to the interior of 20-, 26- or 42-Across |
| 33% | OGHAM | 5 | Ancient Celtic system of writing used in Britain and Ireland, consisting of straight lines drawn or carved perpendicular to one another |
| 32% | LIEU | 4 | Word with three consecutive vowels, used as "in ___ of" to mean "instead of" |
| 32% | NOAVAIL | 7 | Of no use or advantage, ineffective; To __ |
| 32% | NECK | 4 | Word used on both sides of "and" to make a common phrase meaning "a close contest," that has its origins in horse racing |
| 32% | SLANG | 5 | Specialty of "Urban Dictionary" which was used in 2011 by a district court in an ATF complaint to document the meanings of "murk" |
| 32% | MIDTOWN | 7 | Where in Manhattan to find the Museum of Modern Art |
| 32% | CASTING | 7 | Art process of using molds to create objects |
| 32% | TEASE | 5 | To make fun of or provoke using fun |
| 32% | VERSUS | 6 | In contrast to or as the alternative of |
| 32% | ACCESS | 6 | Permission to use; means of entry |
| 31% | RELISH | 6 | To enjoy or delight in; condiment made of pickles |
| 31% | SERENADE | 8 | To play or sing music in honor of someone |
| 31% | BEFORE | 6 | Prior to or in front of something |
| 31% | SCULPT | 6 | To build a piece of art from stone or clay |
| 31% | PERISCOPE | 9 | Use it to see across trenches or in a submarine |
| 30% | ORIGAMI | 7 | Art form used to create a crane or a masu box |
| 30% | PROPMAN | 7 | In charge of things to be used onstage in a play |
| 30% | MOTIF | 5 | Dominant theme or pattern in a work of art |
| 30% | TOOL | 4 | Found in sheds, used to make or fix things |
| 30% | HANDLE | 6 | Part of bag used to hold or carry it |