| DECHIRICO | Giorgio -, painter whose works include 1913 oil The Red Tower (2,7) |
| NOLDE | Emil ?, painter and engraver whose works include 1913 lithograph The Three Kings (5) |
| BAKST | Leon ___, Russian painter and stage designer whose works include 1913 watercolour The Butterfly (5) |
| LUBRICATE | To oil the works could be a bit cruel (9) |
| FATCHANCE | It's really unlikely it oils the chips for lady luck (3,6) |
| ROUAULT | Georges, French painter whose works include the 1891 oil The Way To Calvary (7) |
| MARC | Franz, German expressionist painter whose works include the 1912 oil The Shepherds (4) |
| FRANZ | German expressionist painter whose works include 1912 oil The Shepherds (5,4) |
| PETO | John Frederick, US artist whose works include the 1885 oil The Poor Man's Store (4) |
| MILLET | Jean-Francois ___, French artist whose works include 1869 oil The Knitting Lesson (6) |
| ABUDHABI | Situated on the Persian Gulf coast and once a thriving pearl-diving community prior to the discovery of oil, the capital of the United Arab Emirates (3,5) |
| OLIVE | Europe boasts of its ___ _ _ _ oil; The Philippines of its coconut oil |
| ANCHOVY | Tiny fish often preserved in salt or oil - the Romans used them as the basis of their ubiquitous sau |
| CANVAS | A cloth surface for an oil; the painting itself; sails/tents collectively; or, the material upon which embroidery or tapestry is worked (6) |
| HELOTISM | Oil the wheels with S&M ... and bondage? (8) |
| HAS | Midnight Oil "The time ___ come to say fair's fair" |
| OLIVIA | Lady mixing oil the Roman way (6) |
| THEFROGSGREASECHICAGO | Kermit and Mr. Toad oil the Second City? |
| DIPSTICK | It shows how much oil the silly fellow has (8) |
| COLLIER | Oil the French spill in credit with him working at mine (7) |