| FRONTALNUDITY | Feature of Botticelli's Venus, and a hint to 20-, 34- and 41-Across |
| SATYRS | Playful tots in Botticelli's "Venus and Mars" |
| UFFIZI | Home of Botticelli's "Birth of Venus" |
| VENUS | Who is the subject of Botticelli's best known painting? (5) |
| HELL | Subject of Botticelli's map referenced in Dan Brown's book "Inferno" |
| PERSONALFOUL | Illegal contact by Larry Bird, and a phonetic hint to 20-, 34- and 41- Across |
| LINEDANCING | Honky-tonk activity, and a description of the first parts of 20-, 34- and 41- Across |
| JOINEDATTHEHIP | Always together (and a hint to 20-, 34-, and 41-Across) |
| MORNINGAFTER | Hangover ... and a hint to 20-, 34- and 41-Across |
| ITSNOTYOUITSME | Blame-shifting breakup line ... or a homophonic hint to 20-, 34- and 41-Across |
| TURNINGTHETIDE | Making a comeback (and a hint to the starts of 20-, 34-, and 41-Across) |
| STICKAPININIT | "Let's get back to that later..." and a literal hint to 20-, 34- and 42-Across |
| YOUVEGOTMAIL | 1998 Hanks/Ryan rom-com ... or a hint to the starts of 20-, 34- and 41-Across |
| NUDE | Like Botticelli's Venus |
| HEROSANDWICH | Sub ... or a literal hint to 20-, 34- and 43-Across |
| NUDES | Botticelli's "Birth of Venus" et al. |
| TUSCANY | Home to DOP wines Chianti and Montepulciano, region of Italy whose capital Florence holds works including Botticelli's Primavera and Trtian's Flora in the Uffizi Gallery (7) |
| FLORENCE | Riverside city and capital of Tuscany, site of the Uffizi Gallery, where Sandro Botticelli's The Bir |
| SCALLOP | Mollusc with a shell depicted in Sandro Botticelli's The Birth of Venus (7) |
| DEATHLYHALLOWS | Set of legendary objects from the Harry Potter series found at the ends of 20-, 34- and 41-Across |
