| BOTTICELLI | Florentine painter of The Birth of Venus |
| SARTO | Florentine painter of the High Renaissance whose notable works include The Nativity of the Virgin (1514) |
| ANDREADEL | Florentine painter of the High Renaissance whose notable works include The Nativity of the Virgin (1514) |
| GIOTTO | Florentine painter of the late Middle Ages whose works include frescoes in the Scrovegni or Arena Chapel, Padua (6) |
| HEROD | The king of Judea at the time of the birth of Jesus Christ |
| SANDROBOTTICELLI | Italian painter of the Early Renaissance whose masterpieces include The Birth of Venus and Primavera |
| GENEVA | The United Nations, with its headquarters in this Swiss city, is celebrating the centenary of the birth of Dag Hammarskjold, its Secretary-General from 1953 to his death in 1961 |
| NATIVITY | Play that tells the story of the birth of Christ (8) |
| NATAL | Of the birth of the boys (5) |
| 1948 | Year of the birth of the NHS |
| DUNANT | Sarah ?, author of novels Mapping the Edge and The Birth of Venus (6) |
| ANNODOMINI | Term indicating years numbered from the supposed year of the birth of Christ (4,6) |
| NUDE | Like Venus in "The Birth of Venus" |
| SANDRO | The Birth of Venus painter Botticelli |
| OILPAINTINGS | Like "The Last Supper" and "The Birth Of Venus" , e.g. |
| THREETIMESALAD | Doctor's description of the birth of triplet sons? |
| NATIVITYPLAYS | Dramatic representations of the birth of Jesus (8,5) |
| AJA | Actress ___ Naomi King of The Birth of a Nation |
| GISH | Lillian ___, star of The Birth of a Nation (4) |
| UFFIZI | Museum in Florence that contains the painting The Birth Of Venus (6) |
