| GIOCONDA | Go with coda in novel - it's 'Portrait of a Lady' (8) |
| SIT | What parliament will do is have its portrait done (3) |
| FAH | Note of aria with codas? (3) |
| YOUNGISH | The issue with his novel - it's slightly immature (8) |
| CHILDISH | The issue with his novel - it's juvenile (8) |
| BRAEBURN | Sweet, slightly spicy variety of New Zealand eating apple; a hybrid of a Lady Hamilton and a Granny Smith (8) |
| JAMES | Depicted in a portrait by John Singer Sargent, a novelist awarded the Order of Merit in 1916 who wrote The Portrait of a Lady and The Wings of the Dove (5) |
| PORTRAIT | The - of a Lady; novel by Henry James, adapted into a film by Jane Campion (8) |
| FEATHERS | Down with accomplishment of a lady (8) |
| FOLDAWAY | Like bed that might collapse with abnormal weight of a lady |
| HENRYJAMESAGEE | Author of "A Death in the Family Portrait of a Lady"? |
| ISABELARCHER | Lady's name in Henry James' novel The Portrait of a Lady (6,6) |
| ISABEL | ____ Archer, title character in Henry James's novel The Portrait Of A Lady (6) |
| HERSHEY | Barbara -, Best Actress in a Supporting Role Oscar nominee for The Portrait of a Lady |
| ASL | Form of much of the dialogue of 2021's "CODA," in brief |
| OSMOND | Gilbert -; antagonist in Henry James' novel The Portrait of a Lady who marries Isabel Archer (6) |
| HEIRESS | Isabel Archer in "The Portrait of a Lady," e.g. |
| STACKPOLE | Henrietta, journalist in The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James (9) |
| FRENCH | Language heard in "Portrait of a Lady on Fire" |
| HAENEL | Played Heloise in 2019 movie Portrait of a Lady on Fire, Adele ------ (6) |