| ASBYATT | Author of the novels The Virgin in the Garden and Still Life (1,1,5) |
| EUGENIDES | Author of the 1993 novel The Virgin Suicides, Jeffrey _ (9) |
| SUICIDES | Eugenides novel "The Virgin ___" |
| BYATT | A S ___, author of the novels Still Life and The Virgin in the Garden (5) |
| CEZANNE | French artist whose works include a series of "Bather" paintings, Still Life with a Curtain, The Peppermint Bottle and Still Life with a Ginger Jar and Eggplants (7) |
| PASTELS | Crayon-like sticks of powdered pigment used by Jean-tienne Liotard to create works of art including The Chocolate Girl, Still Life with Figs and Still Life: Tea Set (7) |
| MARVELL | Metaphysical poet who wrote To His Coy Mistress, The Garden and the country house poem and encomium to his patron Thomas Fairfax Upon Appleton House (7) |
| RANSOME | Author of the Swallows and Amazons series as well as The Child's Book of the Seasons, The Things in our Garden and The Book of Friendship (7) |
| LIOTARD | Name, similar to that of a famous trapeze artist's, of a Swiss artist who adopted Turkish dress and created, in paint or pastel, The Chocolate Girl, The Early Breakfast, Portrait of Lady with Hyacinth |
| LIVELY | Author of The Road to Lichfield, Heat Wave, the memoir Life in the Garden and a number of children's books including A Stitch in Time (6) |
| GROUNDS | Coffee leftovers in the gardens and so on (7) |
| MATISSE | French artist noted for his cut-outs, line drawings and also paintings including Fruit and Coffeepot,The Open Window and Still Life with Geraniums (7) |
| COLLIER | Dutch artist noted for his trompe l'oeil and vanitas paintings such as Letter Rack and Still Life with a Volume of Wither's 'Emblemes' (7) |
| BETA | The virgin in the Chad/Virgin meme, e.g. |
| TARPEIA | Vestal virgin in Roman legend who betrayed Rome to the Sabines (7) |
| GRIEVES | Is sorrowful to see virgin, in quitting, go wrong (7) |
| EDENTATE | Appears to be toothless in the garden and most of the state too (8) |
| BURNETT | Author of the children's novels Little Lord Fauntleroy, A Little Princess, The Secret Garden and The Lost Prince (7) |
| GROWOUTOF | What the vegetables will do in the garden and get too big for (4,3,2) |
| OFGOOD | John Berendt's non-fiction debut book, Midnight In The Garden ... And Evil (2,4) |
