| GIOCONDA | La -, Italian name of the "smiling" Renaissance masterpiece Mona Lisa, thought by some to be a self-portrait of Leonardo da Vinci in drag (8) |
| RICOTTA | What cheese, made from ewe's milk, is considered by some to be a milk product rather than a cheese? (7) |
| LOGO | Head of the smiling alien Snoo, for Reddit |
| JANVERMEER | The Procuress is thought to be a self-portrait of this Dutch artist |
| SHOPLIFTER | Given the slip for aspiring to be a self-helper (10) |
| LISA | Masterpiece, Mona... |
| PIANO | ___forte (Italian name of the instrument I call a ___) |
| BAROCCO | Italian name of the art style which replaced Mannerism as Europe's dominant one, around 1600 |
| LOTTO | Original Italian name of the games beano, bingo and housey-housey (5) |
| NYLON | Name, thought by some to derive from the combined names of the Big Apple and Square Mile, of a synthetic polymer; or, a sheer stocking made of this (5) |
| SHIBBOLETHS | Beliefs, principles or practices commonly adhered to but thought by some to be inappropriate or out of date (11) |
| SICKERT | Walter, German-born British artist spuriously thought by some to be Jack the Ripper (7) |
| OPAL | Present on the surface of Mars and thought by the Ancient Greeks to be a tear of Zeus, a gemstone of hydrated silica (4) |
| CIRCE | Mythical sorceress whose name is referred to in the Latin epithet of enchanter's nightshade, for it was thought by botanists to be used by the aforesaid spellbinder to bewitch Odysseus's companions (5 |
| BLACK | A cat with fur wholly of this hue is thought by some to cause bad luck |
| ROSWELL | A crash in 1947 near which New Mexico town is thought by some to have been a UFO? (7) |
| COBBLERS | Biscuit dough-topped baked fruit puddings, thought by some to be named for being thrown together; shoemakers, snabs, snobs or sutors; iced sherry cocktails; or, nonsense (8) |
| ULLSWATER | A body of water in Cumbria considered by some to be the most beautiful of the Lakeland lakes (9) |
| MOONSTONE | Adularescent gem thought by the Romans to be created by lunar rays; or, the priceless yellow diamond described in a classic work of detective fiction by Wilkie Collins (9) |
| RABBI | Osnat Barzani is thought by some to have been the first female one |
