| BONHEUR | French painter of animals whose works include Ploughing in the Nivernais and The Horse Fair (7) |
| CHARDIN | French painter of animals, flowers, fruit, game and kitchenalia who, at the peak of his esteem, was rewarded by Louis XV with a studio/apartment in the Louvre and a royal pension (7) |
| NEVERS | City in central France: capital of the former duchy of Nivernais (6) |
| HACIENDA | Father almost finishes ploughing in each farmstead |
| LANDSEER | Sir Edwin, 19c English painter of animals (8) |
| GEORGIAOKEEFFE | Painter of animal skulls with a Santa Fe museum dedicated to her work: 2 wds. |
| REDFORD | Actor who starred in films including Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Out of Africa and The Horse Whisperer (7) |
| DURRELL | Author of My Family and Other Animals whose brother Lawrence wrote The Alexandria Quartet (7) |
| ALPACAS | Llama-like animals whose coat is a source of soft wool (7) |
| PIMENTO | For myself and the horse, brought out something to eat (7) |
| APPLEBY | - Horse Fair, annual gathering in Westmorland, Cumbria (7) |
| ELGRECO | Overall, officer finds work for the French painter of popular local legends in the past? (2,5) |
| FERRETS | Animals whose name is derived from the Latin for "little thief" |
| WATTEAU | Jean Antoine, French painter of fetes galantes who died in 1721 (7) |
| POUSSIN | French painter of the Baroque era (7) |
| UTRILLO | Maurice ____ was a French painter of cityscapes, especially of Montmartre, where he was born |
| STUBBS | Painter of sporting/racing events, horses and wild, exotic animals whose best-known works include Whistlejacket and Mares and Foals in a Landscape (6) |
| ROSABONHEUR | French painter of The Horse Fair |
| CEZANNE | French painter of The Card Players, Paul ___ (b.1839 - d.1906) |
| DUCHAMP | Marcel, French painter of Nude Descending a Staircase (7) |
