| TITIAN | Bright golden auburn, as in the Italian painter, and in Rhododendron '___ Beauty' (6) |
| ANACOLUTHON | An unexpected discontinuity between two clauses in a sentence, as in the Italian proverb 'The good stuff - think about it' (11) |
| MRS | Fuchsia '___ Popple', sweet pea '___ Bernard Jones' and Rhododendron '___ J.C. Williams' all have this female title! (3) |
| EARL | British nobleman next in rank above a viscount and below a marquess, as in the rhododendrons '___ of Athlone' and '___ of Donoughmore' (4) |
| VASARI | Italian painter and architect whose Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors and Architects laid the foundation for the study of art history (6) |
| LUTEUM | Botanical term, as in Rhododendron ------ , meaning "golden yellow' (6) |
| AZALEA | Flowering shrub in Rhododendron genus (6) |
| MERISI | Real surname of the Italian painter Caravaggio |
| THERES | "___ a bright golden haze..." |
| NIPPON | Paeom'a lactiflora '_ Beauty' has sumptuous deep-red blooms (6) |
| OFTROY | Helen ___ (beauty who caused the Trojan War; 2 wds.) |
| BEFORE | "Age _ beauty!" |
| DAVINCI | Leonardo, Italian painter and sculptor whose works include Virgin of the Rocks and The Virgin and Child with St. Anne (2,5) |
| LEONARDO | Italian painter and sculptor and engineer and scientist and architect. |
| GEE | Letter of a horse's command, as in Rhododendron 'Ginny ___' and Narcissus '___ Tee'! (3) |
| PIERO | Forename of the Italian painter who adopted Cosimo Rosselli's Christian name as a patronym (5) |
| UMBERTOBOCCIONI | Italian painter and sculptor who was the principal theorist of the Futurist movement |
| AWE | Feeling of reverential respect, mixed with fear or wonder, as in Rhododendron 'Loch ___' (3) |
| MODIGLIANI | This Italian painter and sculptor's portraits and nudes are characterized by asymmetrical compositions and elongated figures. His painting Nu couche (sur le cote gauche) (Reclining Nude), dated 1917, |
| RAPHAEL | Italian painter and architect whose paintings include the Sistine Madonna |
