| PISSARRO | Artist succeeded in Paris: reworked Rodin's early pieces |
| INGRESS | French artist succeeded, making an entrance (7) |
| PIPER | Early pieces by a top performing Hamelin music maker |
| DEGAS | Artist succeeded, getting on towards the top |
| ADLIBS | Impromptus, primarily from Alexander Scriabin, including early pieces from Debussy, Liszt, Ibert and Bartok (2-4) |
| PRELUDIO | No good leaving, avoiding going in for early piece |
| PRELUDE | Early piece of advertising to avoid (7) |
| YEAR | Finishes early piece that's key to reading 1984 (4) |
| ART | Rodins, Monets and such |
| MODERNISM | Artistic movement exemplified in Mme Rodin's works |
| INDOORS | Sculpted Rodins, including 'Duck Under a Roof' (7) |
| BERNINI | Country importing Rodins originally, one seeking Italian sculptor (7) |
| STATURE | Rodin's work, maybe, about right in size (7) |
| STATUE | Rodin's work, perhaps, for all to see in country (6) |
| INSCULPT | In Rodin's medium, the Yorkshire flower goes off to be engraved (8) |
| STATE | Modern British setting for Rodin's lovers in gentle symbol of love (5,2,3,3) |
| NUDES | Many Rodins |
| MINORED | Made from denim, Rodin's first couple of pieces took subject less seriously |
| SARTRE | In the environs of Sancerre, a sculpture, perhaps Rodin's original 'Le Penseur'? |
| FOREVERBENDING | Like the elbow of Rodin's "The Thinker"? |
