| OLDMASTERS | Eminent artists of 15th-18th century (3,7) |
| VIOL | What instrument of the 15th-18th century was eclipsed by the violin? (4) |
| GALLEON | Large 15th-18th century Spanish sailing ship used for trade and war (7) |
| STADTHOLDER | Chief magistrate of the United Provinces of the Netherlands (15th-18th centuries) |
| OLDMASTER | Eminent artist from many years ago (3,6) |
| CHIMERA | Fancy ring given to eminent artist |
| MAESTRO | Eminent artist (7) |
| COLOURISTS | Artists of hues and tints or masters of "ROYGBIV", brushing, crayoning, painting between the lines or shading in a vast array, palette, rainbow or spectrum of pigments; or, stylists who specialise in |
| GUNSNROSES | One of the VH1 top-10 "Artists of Hard Rock" |
| RAYCHARLES | Singer ranked #10 on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time |
| RODSTEWART | British rock singer, born 1945, one of the bestselling artists of all time (3,7) |
| ABSURDISTS | Bar's dust is material for artists of one kind (10) |
| THOMAS | German Augustinian monk credited as the author of 15th-century devotional work The Imitation of Chri |
| AKEMPIS | German Augustinian monk credited as the author of 15th-century devotional work The Imitation of Christ (6,1,6) |
| BORGIA | Surname of 15th/16th-century Pope Alexander VI |
| HUSSARS | Fancily uniformed cavalrymen of 15th century Hungary |
| ROSES | Flowers of 15th century war (5) |
| AZTEC | Resident of 15th-century Mexico |
| PICASSO | One of the greatest artists of 20th-century Europe, he was a cocreator of Cubism |
| IDES | Wrong side of 15th May, maybe (4) |
