| ZENCAR | "___ and the Art of ___ Maintenance": Var. |
| ZEN | ___ and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance 1974 book by philosopher Robert M. Pirsig that explores his concept of Quality |
| PIRSIG | Robert M. ___, author of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (6) |
| NORTHDAKOTA | Setting for part of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance |
| BONSAI | ...and the art of growing dwarf ones, oddly brown and static (6) |
| DAVIDANDGOLIATH | ___ ___ ___: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants (Bestseller by Malcolm Gladwell) |
| CALLIGRAPHY | And the art of beautiful script (11) |
| WAR | "The Art of ___" (2000) |
| NOISE | British new wave group "The Art of ___" |
| ONEUP | Get ahead, using the art of ___manship (5) |
| SELFDEFENSE | "The Art of ___" (2019 martial arts movie starring Jesse Eisenberg) |
| SECCO | What Italian word describes dry wine and the art of painting on dry plaster? (5) |
| SEEING | "Vision is the art of ___ what is invisible to others": Jonathan Swift (6) |
| THOTH | In Egyptian mythology, a moon deity, scribe of the gods and protector of learning and the arts |
| SOCIALLIFE | "Society is like a large piece of frozen water; and skating well is the great art of ___ ___ ": Letitia Elizabeth Landon (6,4) |
| MIROS | Some works at MoMA and the Art Institute of Chicago |
| ASBYATT | Booker Prize-winning English novelist whose sisters are the novelist Margaret Drabble and the art historian Helen Langdon (1,1,5) |
| SCHOLAR | What is a learned person, especially one involved in the study of literature, philosophy and the arts? (7) |
| UNESCO | Agency of the United Nations that sponsors programmes to promote education and the arts |
| RUSSIA | Country that's home to Red Square and the art museum Hermitage |
