| KOSINSKI | Jerzy ?, author of the novels The Painted Bird and Being There (8) |
| HALASHBY | US director of Shampoo, Coming Home and Being There |
| REDGRAVE | Joely Richardson's thespian mater who shares her forename with the genus of the painted lady butterfly (8) |
| URUGUAY | From the Guarani meaning "river of the painted birds", a South American country with the capital Montevideo (7) |
| JERZY | "The Painted Bird" author Kosinski |
| THORNHILL | Artist who painted the interior of the cupola of St Paul's Cathedral, the Painted Hall at Greenwich Hospital and Blenheim Palace's Great Hall ceiling (9) |
| ASHBY | Hal ___, director whose films include Harold and Maude and Being There |
| BELL | Sharing her forename with the Latin epithet of the painted lady butterfly, an artist whose portrait The Memoir Club depicts prominent members of the Bloomsbury Group, including her sister, Virginia Wo |
| STOIC | Term, from the Greek name of the Painted Portico, for a disciple of Zeno of Citium, such as the boxer Cleanthes, ex-slave Epictetus, favourite Perseus or champion runner Chrysippus, who laughed himsel |
| EDWARDLEAR | He painted birds and kings (6,4) |
| SELLERS | British actor and comedian Oscar-nominated for his roles in Dr. Strangelove (1964) and Being There (1980) (7) |
| PETER | British actor and comedian Oscar-nominated for his roles in Dr. Strangelove (1964) and Being There (1980) (5) |
| LEIGHTONBUZZARD | One who painted bird somewhere in Bedfordshire (8,7) |
| PETERSELLERS | Comic actor whose films included Dr Strangelove and Being There (5,7) |
| ERNST | He painted birds of prey, wasting energy and time (5) |
| OLIVERONIONS | Author of ghost story collections Widdershins and The Painted Face |
| CIRCLEGAME | Song with the lyric "And the painted ponies go up and |
| MAUGHAM | British novelist who wrote The Moon and Sixpence and The Painted Veil (7) |
| HAL | Ashby who directed "Shampoo" and "Being There" |
| SAYLE | Who (Alexei ___) played Jerzy Balowski, the Russian landlord in TV's The Young Ones? (5) |
