| LILACS | "Thou art not lovelier than ___, x no" (Millay sonnet start) |
| INGRATITUDE | "Blow, blow, thou winter wind / Thou art not so unkind / As man's ____" (As You Like It) |
| ASAN | "___ uncertain actor on the stage" (Shakespearean sonnet start) |
| TYRANNOUS | Sonnet 131: Thou art as ___, so as thou art, / As those whose beauties proudly make them cruel; / For well thou know'st to my dear doting heart / Thou art the fairest and most precious jewel. |
| OLDTOWNROAD | Lil Nas X No. 1 hit with the lyric "I'm gonna ride 'til I can't no more" |
| NGASEMVA | X No good when energy starts to move visibly aft and behind (8) |
| NJALONJALO | X No Afrikaans - yes, look twice - and so on (10) |
| NGOKUNGOKU | X No good? Well, you have it twice now-now (5-5) |
| AMBITION | In 1.5, Lady Macbeth reads a letter from her husband. In a soliloquy, she says, "Thou wouldst be great; Art not without ___, but without the illness should attend it." |
| RETROACTS | Harks back to Socrates' art, not as debatable (9) |
| STAIR | One of Steps developed his art - not H (5) |
| IMPORTANTLY | Hint about art not treated critically (11) |
| VIRTU | Love for fine art - not quite an admirable quality |
| TRECENTO | Fourteenth century as a period of Italian art; not erect (anag.) |
| ANOTHER | A different head of art, not that woman (7) |
| SOONAFTER | Change of one's art not very much later (9) |
| STATE | Work of art not for all to see in nation (5) |
| OFFTHEWALL | Strange place to keep art not fit for display |
| SAYONARA | Speak about art not completed ahead of a Japanese farewell (8) |
| AREA | Art not fully funded by each territory (4) |
