| 100% | GIRL | 4 | Vermeer's "___ With a Pearl Earring" |
| 87% | GIRL | 4 | "___ with a Pearl Earring" (Tracy Chevalier novel about a Vermeer painting) |
| 77% | GIRL | 4 | "___ With a Pearl Earring" |
| 74% | VERMEER | 7 | "Girl With a Pearl Earring" painter |
| 74% | VERMEER | 7 | Girl With a Pearl Earring painter |
| 73% | CHEVALIER | 9 | Tracy __ wrote Girl with a Pearl Earring |
| 72% | VERMEER | 7 | Dutch painter of Girl With a Pearl Earring |
| 69% | EARRING | 7 | Girl with a Pearl __, Vermeer oil painting |
| 69% | EARRING | 7 | Girl With a Pearl __, iconic painting by Vermeer |
| 66% | VERMEER | 7 | Dutch painter featured in Tracy Chevalier's novel "Girl with a Pearl Earring" |
| 63% | EARRING | 7 | Vermeer painting, Girl With a Pearl __ |
| 62% | TRACYCHEVALIER | 14 | Bestselling writer known for historical fiction such as "Girl With a Pearl Earring," 19-Across, and 44-Across (2 wds.) |
| 61% | COLINFIRTH | 10 | "The King's Speech" actor who played painter Johannes Vermeer in "Girl With a Pearl Earring": 2 wds. |
| 61% | EARRING | 7 | Vermeer painted a girl with a pearl one |
| 58% | PEARL | 5 | “Girl with a ___ Earring” (Vermeer masterpiece) |
| 58% | EARRING | 7 | "Girl with a Pearl ___," an oil painting by Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer which is housed in the Mauritshuis, The Hague |
| 57% | LUTE | 4 | Vermeer's "Woman With a ___" |
| 56% | OYSTER | 6 | Shellfish with a pearl |
| 55% | COROT | 5 | "Woman With a Pearl" painter |
| 55% | LISA | 4 | Simpson with a pearl necklace |
| 54% | GIBSON | 6 | Dry martini with a pearl onion |
| 53% | EARRING | 7 | Jan Vermeer painted a famous Girl with a Pearl one |
| 53% | COLINFIRTH | 10 | "The King's Speech" actor who plays Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer in the film "Girl with a Pearl Earring" (2 wds.) |
| 51% | LUTE | 4 | Vermeer’s “Young Woman with a ___” |
| 51% | ERASE | 5 | Remove with a Pink Pearl |
| 49% | CAMPOUT | 7 | Activity with a tent and s'mores |
| 48% | MRCLEAN | 7 | Brand mascot with a bald head and single earring |
| 45% | AROOM | 5 | Forster's "___ With a View" |
| 45% | LIZA | 4 | TV's "_____ with a 'Z'" |
| 45% | AROOM | 5 | Forster’s “— With a View” |