| DESPERATEDAN | Awful exponent of martial arts: a comic hero |
| NUNCHAKU | In martial arts, a pair of hardwood sticks joined by a chain or cord and used as a weapon (8) |
| JUDO | Japanese martial art, a regular Olympic sport since 1972. |
| VIRTU | Word for a love of the fine arts; a taste for curiosities; or, such objets d'art and antiquities collectively (5) |
| AMORINO | In fine arts, a representation of an infant cupid, also called a putto (7) |
| ATMAN | Essential part of identity of comic hero out of book |
| ERATO | Patron of the arts a soldier turned to (5) |
| VIEWER | A television watcher; an observer of a piece of art; a spectator generally; a colliery superintendent; or, a device for looking at film transparencies (6) |
| DOJO | Japanese word, meaning "place of the way", for a hall or room for the practice of martial arts (4) |
| MELEE | Noisy fight results from introductory declaration of martial arts exponent (5) |
| PHOTOFLASH | Take a camera likeness of comic hero Gordon |
| REALISM | In the arts, a commitment to truthful, lifelike depiction (7) |
| ARTISANS | This form of art's a sin to such skilled workers (8) |
| CANON | Rule in ecclesiastical matters; a principle applied in a branch of learning such as philosophy or art; a list of saints; or, the works of any author accepted as genuine (5) |
| ATTRIBUTE | In art, a conventional symbol associated with a mythical figure or saint, such as the bow/arrows of Diana, the dove of Aphrodite, the lyre of Apollo or the peacock of Juno (9) |
| CHAN | Jackie of martial arts |
| BRUCE | Lee of martial arts |
| BUDO | Recall name of martial arts system? It's this |
| SENSEI | Teacher of martial arts |
| GREENBELT | Devotee of martial arts field is protected here (5,4) |
