| THEALLEGORYOFFAITH | Painting by Jan Vermeer that has been in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York since 1931 (3,8,2,5) |
| JOYOFLIFE | English name for Suzanne Valadon's painting La Joie de vivre. bequeathed to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York in 1967 (3,2,4) |
| THELOVELETTER | Painting by Jan Vermeer (3,4,6) |
| GOVERNORS | ___ Ball, music festival held in New York since 2011 (9) |
| LACHRYMAE | Painting by Lord Frederic Leighton in the Metropolitan Museum of Art depicting a woman leaning against a Doric column |
| DOLAN | Archbishop of New York since '09 |
| LEIBER | Designer Judith with handbags in the Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| MET | Short for the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC |
| MANET | His "Boating" is in the Metropolitan Museum |
| BURRELLCOLLECTION | Glasgow museum of art in Pollok Country Park, The - (7,10) |
| DEMOISELLES | Les d'Avignon, large 1907 oil painting by Pablo Picasso that is part of the permanent collection of the Museum of Modem Art in New York (11) |
| APPLES | Cezanne painting (1878-79) held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (6) |
| GUGGENHEIM | Museum of Modern Art in New York designed by Frank Lloyd Wright (10) |
| STOURBRIDGE | Market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley that was the centre of British glass making during the Industrial Revolution (11) |
| ISLAMICART | It's displayed in the Metropolitan Museum's Damascus Room |
| DELFT | Town of the SW Netherlands famous for being the birthplace of the painter Jan Vermeer (1632-75) |
| ART | The Metropolitan Museum of |
| BURNTOFFERING | Jocular description of food that has been in the oven or frying pan for too long (5,8) |
| FIFTH | 1000 ___ Avenue (address of NYC's Metropolitan Museum of Art) |
| IMMA | The board of this body has been in the news in recent weeks. (1,1,1,1) |
