| VUILLARD | French decorative artist, Intimist painter, Nabi or "Prophet" and master of horror vacui, whose densely patterned domestic interiors often feature his seamstress mother amidst a sea of cutting tables, |
| DIRECTOIRE | French decorative and artistic style of the 1790s |
| OTTER | Swimmer whose den is a "couch" |
| MONET | Leading Impressionist and master of en plein air style whose paintings include Springtime, Poppy Field, Irises and many depictions of his garden in Giverny including the Water Lilies series (5) |
| BOUCHER | Francois --, 1703-70, French painter and decorative artist (7) |
| KIRK | Eve, painter and decorative artist born in 1900 (4) |
| BORIS | Novelist Pasternak or master of horror Karloff |
| SEER | An eyewitness; an oracle or prophet; or, 1/40 of an Indian maund (4) |
| NONE | Jack-of-all-trades and master of ___ |
| CICERO | A renowned Roman statesman, orator and master of rhetoric, whose name is said to have come from the Latin for "chickpea" (6) |
| BITTERNS | Booming herons of the marsh and masters of disguise, they have brown streaked cryptic plumage and beady orange-yellow eyes (8) |
| ANSARI | Tom in Parks & Recreation and Master of None star, Aziz ... (6) |
| MCLEAN | Loose Women's Andrea and master of ceremonies is pretty slim (6) |
| SESSHU | - Toyo; Zen monk and master of sumi-e landscapes on long scrolls (6) |
| DENNING | Lord -; judge and Master of the Rolls from 1962-82 (7) |
| ENAMELIST | Electronic tag inventory of decorative artist (9) |
| WES | "Master of Horror" Craven |
| POETRY | Master of horror essay in verse (6) |
| ARGENTO | Italian 'Master Of Horror' Dario (7) |
| MUCHA | Czech Art Nouveau decorative artist noted for his poster for the opera Gismonda featuring Sarah Bernhardt (5) |
