| 100% | MDI | 3 | Year that Michelangelo sculpted the "Pietà" |
| 55% | MDL | 3 | Year that Michelangelo's "The Crucifixion of St. Peter" was completed |
| 53% | MDI | 3 | Year that Michelangelo started "David" |
| 51% | MDI | 3 | Year that Michelangelo began work on "David" |
| 48% | CDX | 3 | Year that the Visigoths sacked Rome |
| 46% | CML | 3 | Year that Eric the Red was born, traditionally |
| 46% | MCIV | 4 | Year that Acre fell in the First Crusade |
| 45% | MARBLE | 6 | Material that Michelangelo's David was sculpted from |
| 44% | TET | 3 | Vietnamese New Year that marks the arrival of spring |
| 42% | SEASONS | 7 | The four periods that a year is divided into |
| 42% | RAT | 3 | Animal that represents the current Chinese year |
| 42% | DEC | 3 | Month that ends the year, for short |
| 41% | DRAGON | 6 | Year of the ___ (Chinese zodiac observance that began last month) |
| 41% | CLAY | 4 | Material that can be sculpted with the hands |
| 41% | EVERGREEN | 9 | Tree that keeps its leaves throughout the year |
| 41% | TIME | 4 | Magazine that chooses a Person of the Year |
| 41% | BAGPIPES | 8 | Instrument that greets the New Year in Scotland |
| 41% | JAN | 3 | Month that sets the year rolling, for short |
| 41% | TIME | 4 | Magazine that names a Person of the Year |
| 41% | TIME | 4 | Magazine that awards a Person of the Year |
| 41% | ADS | 3 | Org. that names a "Word of the Year" |
| 41% | INC | 3 | Magazine that names an Entrepreneur of the Year |
| 41% | PANTONE | 7 | Company that designates a Color of the Year |
| 41% | ANGELS | 6 | A lot of figures that Michelangelo painted on the "The Last Judgement" fresco |
| 40% | ROSANNA | 7 | 1982 Toto hit that won Record of the Year |
| 40% | INC | 3 | Business magazine that names an Entrepreneur of the Year |
| 40% | TIME | 4 | Weekly magazine that picks a "Person of the Year" |
| 40% | VINTAGE | 7 | Term that describes the year a wine was produced |
| 40% | THAILAND | 8 | Country that celebrates the New Year April 13-15 |
| 40% | OREO | 4 | Cookie that debuted one year before the crossword puzzle |