| BAKST | Leon, Russian painter and stage designer who died in 1924 (5) |
| LENIN | VI, Russian statesman who died in 1924 (5) |
| JONES | Architect and stage designer Inigo, whose masques were often pyrotechnically fiery; or, Bridget, a "wanton sex goddess" with a diary (5) |
| RODCHENKO | Alexander, Russian painter and designer who died in 1956 (9) |
| OSCAR | _ de la Renta, leading designer who died in 2014 (5) |
| RENTA | Designer who died in 2014, Oscar de la _ (5) |
| BRUCE | ___ Askew, well-known NZ boat designer who died in 2022 (5) |
| LAURA | & 6D Welsh fashion designer who died in 1985 (5,6) |
| EAMES | Charles -, American furniture designer who died in 1978 (5) |
| OSBERT | ____ Lancaster, English cartoonist, stage designer and writer born in 1908 (6) |
| TROTSKY | Leon --, Russian revolutionary and Communist theorist (7) |
| THEREMIN | Leon -, Russian inventor in 1920 of an electronic musical instrument that bears his name (8) |
| LEONBAKST | Russian painter who designed the decor and costumes for numerous productions of Diaghilev's Ballet Russe |
| CHAGALL | Russian painter of La Mariee and The Yellow Donkey, Marc ... |
| MAKEASCENE | Kick up a fuss - like stage designers might (4,1,5) |
| VOYSEY | Charles ___, British architect and designer who died in 1941 (6) |
| JUNKERS | Hugo ?, German engineer and aircraft designer who died in 1935 (7) |
| UFFAFOX | Isle of Wight-born sailor and boat designer who died in 1972 (4,3) |
| PACORABANNE | Spanish fashion and fragrance designer who died in February (4,7) |
| CESSNA | Clyde, US aviator and aircraft designer who died in 1954 (6) |
