| DUBLIN | "Portrait of the Artist ..." setting |
| RACONTEUR | Spins a great yarn about artist setting most of content in old city |
| MOOCOW | Kidspeak animal mentioned in the first line of "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man" |
| DEDALUS | Stephen of Joyce's "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man" |
| WILLIAMDOBELL | Sir who won the Archibald Prize in 1943 for a portrait of the artist Joshua Smith (Picture E) (7,6) |
| THOMAS | Dylan --; Welsh poet who wrote the radio drama Under Milk Wood and story collection Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog (6) |
| JOYCE | James Augustine Aloysius -; author of Dubliners, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Ulysses and Finnegans Wake (5) |
| DYLAM | Author of Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog (5) |
| KERRY | "A Portrait of the Artist as a Shadow of His Former Self" painter ___ James Marshall |
| DYLANTHOMAS | Welsh author of Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog (5,6) |
| PURPLERAIN | Portrait of The Artist as a young man? |
| STEPHEN | "Portrait of the Artist" youth |
| YOUNG | "A Portrait of the Artist as a ___ Man" (James Joyce book) |
| JUVENILIA | Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man etc ___ Joyce's first to see value in composition about oneself (9) |
| CLAUDE | Given name of the artist whose paintings include Seaport at Sunset, The Embarkation of the Queen of Sheba and Ascanius Shooting the Stag of Sylvia (6) |
| ARTIST | What completes the title of the James Joyce novel A Portrait of the ___ as a Young Man? (6) |
| SKATES | Depicted in Henry Raeburn's iconic portrait of the Reverend Robert Walker, boots upon which to glide across rinks or other expanses of frozen water; or, the metal blades attached to said footwear (6) |
| JONATHANYEO | British artist responsible for the first official portrait of the King since his coronation (8,3) |
| ELGRECO | Nickname of the artist commissioned by Philip II of Spain to paint the altarpiece The Martyrdom of St Maurice, who was sacked shortly after its completion (2,5) |
| LAWRENCE | Painter, Sir Thomas, whose portrait of the young Charles William Lambton is nicknamed in a similar manner to Gainsborough's The Blue Boy (8) |