| MOSUL | City of Iraq, noted for its schools of metalwork and painting under the 12th/13th-century Zangid dynasty (5) |
| CHESSSET | Eg one of the 12th/13th-century hoard of four found on the Isle of Lewis in 1831 (5,3) |
| CNIDUS | Ancient Greek city in SW Asia Minor famous for its school of medicine |
| ETON | Town on the Thames noted for its school (4) |
| PISCEAN | Person born under the twelfth sign of the zodiac (7) |
| START | Begin painting under a good man (5) |
| PITCHER | Jug painting under discussion? (7) |
| GOLIARDS | Educated 12th/13th-century entertainers who produced poetry like Carmina Burana, combining bawdiness and clerical satire |
| GENGHISKHAN | 12th/13th-century warrior-ruler whose empire stretched from China's Pacific coast to the Adriatic (7,4) |
| CORACLE | Small round back-carried figure-of-eight-paddled boat recalled in the Welsh saying "llwyth dyn ei gorwgl" (7) |
| DETONATE | Set off in Escort around town known for its school (8) |
| JJEVANS | TV character with the catchphrase "Dyn-o-mite!" |
| EVANS | "Dyn-o-mite" J.J. |
| PODS | Schools of whales, seals or dolphins; or, the seed vessels of pea, cacao, bean, vanilla and chilli plants (4) |
| REPOUSSE | Of metalwork, hammered into decorative relief from the reverse side; French, 'pushed back' (8) |
| BAGDAD | Capital and largest city of Iraq. |
| BASRA | The main port city of Iraq (5) |
| LANDSEER | English artist noted for the bronze lions in Trafalgar Square and paintings including The Monarch of |
| GAMS | Word for herds, pods or schools of dolphins, porpoises or whales; social visits, originally between whalers at sea; flocks of large sea birds; women's legs; or, in the Scots language, mouths, teeth or |
| REGISTER | Book for keeping records and attendance in schools of 'Class V' 4-4-0s, say (8) |
