| LLOSA | "The Feast of the Goat" author Mario Vargas ___ |
| CANDLEMAS | In Christianity, the Feast of the Purification of the Virgin Mary and the presentation of Christ in the Temple (9) |
| PERU | Home of the writer Mario Vargas Llosa |
| ESTE | Family of Italian rulers including Alfonso I, Duke of Ferrara, patron of the arts for whom Bellini painted The Feast of the Gods and Titian created Bacchus and Ariadne (4) |
| TITIAN | English name of the Venetian artist who painted The Feast of the Gods for the Alabaster Chambers in Alfonso I d'Este's castle at Ferrara (6) |
| LADY | --- Day, in the Christian calendar, March 25; the feast of the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary (4) |
| LADYDAY | March 25, the feast of the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary |
| CAKE | A sweet baked food, such as the elaborate fruit-laden "twelfth" variety cooked for the feast of the Epiphany, customarily including a dried bean and a pea (4) |
| CHRISTMAS | Popular term for the Feast of the Nativity (9) |
| PARTOOK | Joined in the feast, ... of the meal |
| DURER | German engraver and painter whose works include the Adoration of the Magi, Feast of the Rosary, The Four Apostles and The Nativity, from The Small Passion (5) |
| LUST | "The ____ of the goat is the bounty of God" (William Blake) |
| PASSOVER | Eight-day Jewish festival beginning on Nisan 15, also called the Feast of the Unleavened Bread |
| PEI | "The Story of Language" author Mario |
| GAVOTTE | The dance of the goat vet ... (7) |
| EEL | One of the fish in Italy's Feast of the Seven Fishes |
| MARIO | The first part missing in the author's name ___ Vargas ___ |
| CAPRICORN | Zodiac sign of The Goat (9) |
| NANNY | Female of the goat (5) |
| SATYR | Day and year of the goat (5) |
