| SARTO | Italian word meaning "tailor" that was adopted into the name of the artist born Andrea d'Agnolo (5) |
| RED | Mick Hucknall's nickname that is adopted into the name of his band (3) |
| OVOLO | Feature added by architect d'Agnolo voluntarily when flipping houses (5) |
| KANJI | Chinese characters adopted into the Japanese writing system |
| CLAUDE | First name of the artist born in the Duchy of Lorraine who painted Landscape with Ascanius Shooting the Stag of Sylvia (6) |
| ELGRECO | Nickname of the artist born Domenikos Theotokopoulos (2,5) |
| ELIOT | Middle name of the artist Curwen Hodgkin who painted The Christmas Tree, Yew, Cyclamen, Three Tangerines, Quinces and Seven Brussels Sprouts (5) |
| TEMPO | Italian word meaning 'time' used to denote the pace at which a piece of music should be played (5) |
| TUTTI | Italian word meaning "all" used to indicate the musical opposite of soli (5) |
| DOLCE | Italian word meaning "sweet" linked with "latte" for a variety of cheese (5) |
| PLAZA | Spanish word adopted into English to refer to a shopping mall (5) |
| PABLO | First name of the artist Picasso |
| ASSAI | Italian word meaning very used in musical direction (5) |
| CURTO | Italian word meaning "short", applied to coffee (5) |
| MOLTO | In music, Italian word meaning much or very (5) |
| ALICE | Curious Wonderland adventurer whose style of hairband was adopted by Sloane Rangers as part of their preppy 1980s look (5) |
| GRANT | Bristol-born Hollywood film star whose real name, Archie Leach, was adopted for John Cleese's character in A Fish Called Wanda (5) |
| REITH | The BBC's vision that 'nation shall speak peace unto nation' was adopted by its first Director-Gener |
| AFTON | Sweet ___: Robbie Burns poem whose name was adopted for an Irish cigarette brand. (5) |
| ASH | Name for the Old English symbol ae that was adopted by George William Russell as a pen name; or, the "tree of life" Fraxinus bearing bunches of keys (3) |
