| EBERT | Critic who said "Art is the closest we can come to understanding how a stranger really feels" |
| REALISE | Come to understanding and turn into cash (7) |
| ATALOSS | Not understanding how a failing business is run (2,1,4) |
| STORED | "Art is the _ honey of the human soul": Theodore Dreiser (6) |
| CHAOS | "Art is the triumph over ___": John Cheever |
| SENECA | Roman philosopher who said "Life is never incomplete if it is an honorable one. At whatever point you leave life, if you leave it in the right way, it is whole" |
| SAGAN | Scientist who said "Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark" |
| MRED | TV character who said "Time to hit the hay ... oh, I forgot, I ate it!" |
| AMOS | Prophet who said "But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream" |
| SUNTZU | Who said "The greatest victory is that which requires no battle" |
| EINSTEIN | Who said "The greatest scientists are artists as well" |
| MAE | West who said "I used to be Snow White, but I drifted" |
| RBG | SCOTUS justice who said "Women belong in all places where decisions are being made" |
| HOMER | TV character who said "I am so smart! I am so smart! S-M-R-T!" |
| KOALA | The ___ is the closest living relative of the wombat. They both have the same type of pouch. |
| CATO | Roman who said "After I'm dead I'd rather people ask why I have no monument than why I have one" |
| WELK | Bandleader who said, "And-a one, and-a two..." |
| MAEWEST | Early film star who once said, "I believe in censorship. I made a fortune out of it." |
| BATTLE | East Sussex town that is the closest site to William the Conqueror's 1066 victory (6) |
| ARREST | A runner taking a break can come to a standstill (6) |
