| TAISHAN | Forename of the British portrait artist Schierenberg, commissioned to paint Sir John Mortimer (3-4) |
| HORACERUMPOLE | Lawyer created by Sir John Mortimer and played by Leo McKern |
| YEO | Jonathan ___, British portrait artist (3) |
| EDDIS | Eden Upton ___, noted 20th century British portrait artist |
| SORIANO | Female judge on Portrait Artist of the Year; Chair of Art UK appointed in 2022 (8,7) |
| RUMPOLE | 2001 volume of short stories by John Mortimer (7,5,3,4) |
| CHEVRON | Badge one is never commissioned to wear |
| DULWICH | District in London's Southwark, site of a public school founded by Edward Alleyn as the College of God's Gift and of a picture gallery designed by Sir John Soane (7) |
| BARONET | Title carried by the likes of Sir John Fowler, Sir William McAlpine and Daniel Gooch (7) |
| RAPHAEL | Pope Julius II portrait artist |
| CHARADE | A 1947 novel by John Mortimer (7) |
| TAVENER | Sir John __, composer of The Protecting Veil (1988) (7) |
| BUBBLES | 1886 painting by Sir John Everett Millais that was used to market Pears soap (7) |
| TENNIEL | Sir John -, illustrator of Alice In Wonderland and other books (7) |
| SACKBUT | Sir John's draught, but it's rarely blown in the wind (7) |
| EVERETT | Sir John _ Millais. artist whose pictures include Bubbles (7) |
| WINDSOR | The Merry Wives _, Shakespeare comedy featuring Sir John Falstaff (7) |
| GIELGUD | Sir John ___, eminent British actor (7) |
| STAINER | Sir John ---, English composer (7) |
| TATLIN | Vladimir, Russian artist commissioned to design the Monument to the Third International (6) |
