| ECCEHOMO | A picture or sculpture of Christ crowned with thorns, from the Latin for "behold the man" |
| ECCE | "___ Homo", phrase uttered by Pontius Pilate at the trial of Christ that is Latin for "Behold the Man" |
| SPIT | Giraffes have thick, slimy ___ that coats the thorns that it may have eaten by mistake and this prevents the thorns from damaging its stomach. |
| PIETA | A picture or sculpture of the virgin Mary holding the dead body of Christ in her lap |
| HOMO | Artistic depiction of Christ wearing a crown of thorns; Latin, 'behold the man' (4,4) |
| HOMO
| and 20dn, Artistic depiction of Christ crowned with thorns (4,4) |
| CIRCLES | see 4dn, Depiction of Christ crowned with thorns (4,4) |
| GOLDFINCH | "Charming" redcap, saviour bird or thistle-tweaker with a scarlet face legendarily derived from a drop of blood as it pulled a thorn from Christ's crown, thus often depicted in Renaissance art as a sy |
| KAKEMONO | A Japanese paper or silk wall hanging with a picture or inscription on it and a roller at the bottom |
| ECORCHE | French name for a drawing, painting or sculpture of the human body stripped of skin to display the m |
| TITIAN | Venetian painter whose works include Christ Crowned with Thorns (6) |
| MOSAIC | A picture or pattern by an arrangement of small variously colored pieces of glass or stone |
| STORY | The exciting tale between the covers of a picture or chapter book |
| PRINT | Picture or design created by means of woodcut, linocut, etching or engraving; copy or reproduction of an original painting; or, the text in a book or a newspaper (5) |
| COLUMN | Architectural pillar crowned with a capital; or, a regular feature in a newspaper on a reoccurring theme such as books, food, sport or style (6) |
| LAUREATE | One crowned with bay leaves; winner of a Nobel prize; or, a person appointed as court poet of Britain (8) |
| OVERMANTEL | An ornamental structure above a fireplace, often framing a picture or mirror (10) |
| SPINARIO | Mysterious Greco-Roman bronze sculpture of a young boy meticulously removing a thorn from his foot, whose true story may never be known (8) |
| ANDROCLES | Roman slave who, in a fable, extracted a thorn from a lion's foot (9) |
| EFFIGY | A model or sculpture of a person (6) |
