| ACCRA | A conservative caught with artist's foreign capital (5) |
| FASCINATE | Charm of Conservative caught by error in end (9) |
| OCCUPANT | "Old Conservative caught riding social worker," reveals insider |
| SABLE | Marten highly prized for its luxuriant dark pelt synonymous with artists' paintbrushes, dignity, heraldic black, mourning and sorrow (5) |
| LOFTS | Apartments popular with artists |
| EASEL | Deceitful person missing with artist's requisite |
| ERASE | Cancel culture's ending with artist's exhibition debut |
| MONTMARTRE | District on a small hill in Paris, popular with artists in Belle Epoque times |
| TAOS | New Mexico town popular with artists |
| CAMERA | Apparatus for photographer having arrived with artists (6) |
| PALETTEKNIFE | Keep if talent displayed with artist's tool (7,5) |
| SOHO | Manhattan neighborhood with artists' lofts and boutiques |
| SOWA | Area of Boston MA popular with artists and designers (4) |
| CUBISTS | Youngster is given extreme trials with artists (7) |
| ACRYLIC | Type of painting popular with artists (7) |
| LEFTBANK | Area of Paris associated with artists and writers (4,4) |
| SONYMUSIC | ___ Entertainment music label which has been associated with artists like Alan Walker and Justin Bieber: 2 wds. |
| VIRGINRECORDS | British record label founded by Richard Branson which has been associated with artists like David Guetta: 2 wds. |
| UNIVERSAL | ___ Music Group music label which has been associated with artists like Rihanna and Imagine Dragons |
| LAMORNA | Cornish bay near Mousehole, associated with artists including Laura and Harold Knight, Alfred Munnings and Dod Procter as well as the Minack Chronicles author Derek Tangye (7) |
