| NERVERACKING | Nasty nick engraver finds distressing (5-7) |
| BATEMAN | Surname of the contestant on the first ever series of Big Brother in 2000 who became known as Nasty Nick (7) |
| ALTMAN | Key fellow John, who played EastEnder Nasty Nick (6) |
| HEARTRENDING | Love getting call around finish? No, this is distressing (5-7) |
| ASHLEY | Tony lost each struggle with Eastender Nasty Nick's son, played by Frankie Fitzgerald (6,6) |
| COTTON | Tony lost each struggle with Eastender Nasty Nick's son, played by Frankie Fitzgerald (6,6) |
| WILLIAMBLAKE | English poet and engraver who wrote Songs Of Innocence and Songs Of Experience (7,5) |
| THOMASBEWICK | A swan and a wren were named after this wood engraver |
| ZINCOGRAPHER | Last character reproaching decorative engraver (12) |
| TRESS | Hairy stuff not entirely distressing (5) |
| WILLIAMHOGARTH | Painter/engraver renowned for A Rake's Progress (7,7) |
| HOGARTH | English engraver and painter whose works include A Rake's Progress and Marriage A-laMode (7,7) |
| WILLIAM | English engraver and painter whose works include A Rake's Progress and Marriage A-laMode (7,7) |
| DURER | Albrecht -, Nuremburg-born painter and engraver of the German Renaissance (5) |
| CHASE | Pursue the occupation of an engraver? (5) |
| TENET | Teaching engraver firstly to get stuck into canvas (5) |
| NOLDE | Emil --, German painter and engraver (1867-1956) (5) |
| PREEN | Groom paid ring engraver euro notes, initially (5) |
| ALBRECHTDURER | Painter and engraver of the German Renaissance, known for his woodcut prints (8,5) |
| ALBRECHT | German painter and engraver of the Renaissance (1471-1528) who wrote the Four Books on Human Proportion (8,5) |
