| 100% | MDI | 3 | Year Michelangelo began "David" |
| 92% | MDI | 3 | Year Michelangelo began work on "David" |
| 77% | MDI | 3 | Year that Michelangelo began work on "David" |
| 68% | MDI | 3 | When Michelangelo began "David" |
| 63% | MDIV | 4 | Year Michelangelo's "David" was completed |
| 56% | MDI | 3 | Year that Michelangelo started "David" |
| 49% | NUDE | 4 | Like Michelangelo's David |
| 47% | NUDE | 4 | Michelangelo's David, e.g. |
| 47% | MCML | 4 | Year the Korean War began |
| 47% | DII | 3 | Year the Liang dynasty began |
| 46% | MDI | 3 | Year that Michelangelo sculpted the "Pietà" |
| 46% | DII | 3 | Year China's Liang dynasty began |
| 46% | MDII | 4 | Year Columbus began his last voyage |
| 46% | BOWIE | 5 | "Golden Years" singer David |
| 45% | DII | 3 | Year the Liang dynasty began in China |
| 45% | MDII | 4 | Year Columbus' fourth and last voyage began |
| 44% | DCX | 3 | Year in which Muhammad began preaching in Mecca |
| 44% | MCL | 3 | Year in which Middle English began, by tradition |
| 43% | NEWMOON | 7 | Lunar New Year begins with a __ |
| 43% | AGO | 3 | "Many years ___" (many a fairytale beginning) |
| 42% | ONEBC | 5 | Year just before the AD period began: 2 wds. |
| 42% | LETTERMAN | 9 | David __, US TV talk show host for 33 years |
| 41% | FLORENCE | 8 | City where Michelangelo's statue of David stands |
| 41% | EZRA | 4 | It begins "In the first year of Cyrus..." |
| 40% | MDL | 3 | Year that Michelangelo's "The Crucifixion of St. Peter" was completed |
| 40% | HUME | 4 | David who took 15 years to write "The History of England" |
| 40% | JURASSIC | 8 | Period that began about two hundred million years ago |
| 39% | OPEC | 4 | Qatar left it at the beginning of the year |
| 39% | DST | 3 | Practice that begins on March 13 this year: abbr. |
| 39% | MARBLE | 6 | Material for Michelangelo's David |