| PLEINAIR | French term used in the context of painting or sketching outdoors (5-3) |
| EXNIHILO | Latin phrase meaning 'out of nothing', often used in the context of divine creation (2,6) |
| DOODLING | Drawing or sketching absent mindedly |
| ENPRISE | French term used in chess meaning "in a position to be taken" (2,5) |
| REMISSION | Medical term referring to a period during which symptoms of a disease are reduced or disappear, often used in the context of chronic illnesses like cancer. (9) |
| STILLLIFE | Kind of painting or photograph put on biography (5,4) |
| OPART | Illusory style of painting or drawing |
| FREEHANDDRAWING | Doodling or sketching |
| UMBRA | Innermost and darkest part of a shadow, often used in the context of 7 Down |
| GALLERY | Collection of paintings or the room in which they are exhibited; or, a long balcony (7) |
| DIPTYCH | A pair of paintings or carvings on two hinged panels that can be opened or closed like a book (7) |
| AVOWANCE | From "love", a word in the context of psychology for limerence; or, the condition of being in love generally (8) |
| SEICENTO | The seventeenth century, in the context of Italian art and literature (8) |
| STAKEOUT | Surveillance (in the context of possible crime) (8) |
| ENBROSSE | French term used to describe a short hairstyle, literally sticking up "in the form of a brush" (2,6) |
| REFORMED | Term used in the names of many Calvinist churches |
| MOTJUSTE | The French word which fits the context exactly (3,5) |
| ORNATE | Word meaning highly decorated; or, in the context of literary style, flowery or overembellished (6) |
| FLANK | Word, in the context of an animal, body, chessboard, hill, military formation or rugby pitch, for a side (5) |
| KEYLIME | Green citrus fruit prized for its unique tartness and aroma, especially in the context of the iconic meringue pie that bears its name (3,4) |
