| SEWELL | Brian ___, controversial English art critic, who was the illegitimate son of the composer Peter Warlock |
| EER | "The wisest man the warl' ___ saw" (Burns) (3) |
| ANDREBRETON | French poet and art critic who was the founder and chief theorist of surrealism (5,6) |
| JOHNRUSKIN | English art critic who wrote Modern Painters |
| EDMUND | Illegitimate son of the Earl of Gloucester in King Lear (6) |
| AGFA | German chemical company, co-founded in 1867 by the son of the composer Felix Mendelssohn, chiefly known for its film and cameras (4) |
| PROKOFIEV | Russian composer (Peter and the Wolf) |
| WARLOCK | "Capriol Suite" composer Peter |
| NERO | "Scratch My Bach" composer Peter |
| RUSKIN | John ___, English art critic and social reformer who was a champion of the Gothic Revival and the Pre-Raphaelites |
| SPURGEON | Caroline ___, English literary critic who was the first female professor of English Literature |
| MONMOUTH | The Duke of ---, title of the eldest illegitimate son of Charles II (8) |
| HUGHES | Art critic who presented the series of eight television essays The Shock of the New in 1980 (6) |
| ERASMUS | Illegitimate son of a priest who wrote The Freedom of Will (7) |
| EBERT | Film critic who was the subject of the documentary "Life Itself" |
| ALEXANDER | Author and critic who was the model for the George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart character Sheridan Whiteside (9,9) |
| WOOLLCOTT | Author and critic who was the model for the George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart character Sheridan Whiteside (9,9) |
| HAWTHORNE | Author and critic who was the model for the George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart character Sheridan Whiteside |
| CESARE | Borgia who was an illegitimate son of Pope Alexander VI |
| LUCREZIABORGIA | The illegitimate daughter of Pope Alexander VI, and the subject of scandalous rumour |
