| BOUCHER | Appointed First Painter to Louis XV in 1765, a principal exponent of the Rococo who decorated parts of royal chateaux including Versailles, Choisy, Fontainebleau and Bellevue (7) |
| FRAGONARD | 18th-century French painter of the Rococo style (9) |
| DADO | Decorated part of a wall constructed, at the end, with difficulty (4) |
| LEIGHTON | First painter to be given a peerage in 1896 |
| RAAB | Dominic, Conservative politician who was appointed First Secretary of State in 2019 (4) |
| DERMERWE | Ew! R.E.M. red reverses van XV in Scottish 1st XV (3,5) |
| FIFTEEN | Number represented by the letters XV in Roman numerals (7) |
| SENIOR | Appointed first |
| LEBRUN | Court painter to Louis XIV who decorated the Hall of Mirrors in the Palace of Versailles (2,4) |
| STAMPACT | The first attempt by the British parliament to raise tax in the American colonies in 1765 (5,3) |
| LORIMER | Exponent of the Arts and Crafts style of architecture who restored a number of historic houses and castles and designed Ardkinglas House; or, a maker of metal bridle parts (7) |
| VICTORY | Name of a number of British Royal Navy ships, the most famous one being launched in 1765 and preserved today as a historic relic (7) |
| GOODYTWOSHOES | Nickname of the orphan girl Margery Meanwell, protagonist of a children's tale first recorded by English publisher John Newbery in 1765 (5,3-5) |
| ISLEOFMAN | Dependency of the Crown purchased by parliament in 1765 from the Duke of Atholl |
| CHAGALL | Marc ___, Russian-born French painter who decorated the ceiling of the Paris Opera House in 1964 (7) |
| MICHELANGELO | Who decorated the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in the sixteenth century? (12) |
| NEWORLEANS | American city, founded in 1718, named after a French duke who was regent to Louis XV (3,7) |
| HIRST | Exponent of the Young British Artists group who created the installation of a tiger shark preserved |
| IONESCO | Exponent of the theatre of the absurd who wrote The Bald Prima Donna (7) |
| TRICORNE | A hat with the brim pressed together into three points, it was fashionable among men at the time of Louis XIV. During the Rococo period, it was also worn by women. |
