| AMONALISA | An enigmatic facial expression, recalling a painting by the artist mentioned in 4 down: . .... .... smile (1,4,4) |
| CANVASS | Solicit votes for a painting by the sound of it (7) |
| TACTICIAN | Coordinator of military course artist mentioned in speech |
| ANNIE | First name of Ms Palmer, the EastEnders character that was played by the actress mentioned in 4 Down (5) |
| LEDA | - and the Swan; oil painting by the artist known as Correggio (4) |
| MYSTERY | From the Greek for "close the eyes", an ancient secret ceremony witnessed only by the initiated; an old word for a craft or a trade guild; an enigmatic person or thing; or, a novel, play etc based on |
| PINKSHELL | Painting by the artist Georgia O'Keeffee, ___ ___ with Seaweed |
| LURE | An angler's artificial bait such as a jig; a Bronze Age trumpet suggestive of a mammoth's tusk; or, a falconer's device for recalling a hawk (4) |
| MONA | & 23D Which famous painting by Leonardo da Vinci features a woman with an enigmatic smile? (4,4) |
| LISA | Which famous painting by Leonardo da Vinci features a woman with an enigmatic smile? (4,4) |
| CRYPTIC | From Greek for "hidden", a word for something mysterious, obscure, occult, puzzling or secret, such as a clue in an enigmatic crossword of the same name; or, the camouflaging colouring of certain anim |
| LAST | Renaissance painting by the Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci, the Mona _ (4) |
| SELFPORTRAIT | Painting of the artist by the artist (4-8) |
| SCREAM | 1893 painting by the Norwegian artist Edvard Munch, The _ (6) |
| UNCUTGEM | It doesn't describe Nick and Margaret recalling a diamond in the rough (5,3) |
| PLAGUE | 1898 painting by the Swiss symbolist artist Arnold Bocklin (6) |
| NARCISSUS | Metamorphosis of ____ , 1937 painting by the Spanish surrealist Salvador Dali based on a Greek myth (9) |
| DUNNART | A small marsupial studied painting by the sound of it (7) |
| ABIGGERSPLASH | Famous 1967 painting by the British pop artist David Hockney (1,6,6) |
| ASMODEA | Fresco painting by the Spanish artist Francisco Goya also known as Fantastic Vision (7) |
