| DONOGHUE | Lynn, Ontario-born portrait painter and member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts who died in 2003 (8) |
| IRWIN | Steve ___: "Crocodile Hunter" who died in 200 (5) |
| CIRCA | Around a hundred and one before the Royal Canadian Academy (5) |
| REYNOLDS | First president of the Royal Academy of Arts who co-founded The Club and painted actress Sarah Siddons as the Tragic Muse (8) |
| VANESSABELL | British painter and member of the Bloomsbury group; sister of Virginia Woolf (7,4) |
| KNELLER | Sir Godfrey -, German-born portrait painter appointed principal painter by Charles II in 1678 (7) |
| ALTDORFER | Albrecht --, German painter and member of the Danube School (9) |
| ROGER | -- Fry, painter and member of the Bloomsbury Group (5) |
| KAUFFMAN | Swiss Neoclassical painter who was a founding member of the Royal Academy of Arts; her works include |
| BORGIA | Italo-Spanish family which produced two popes in the 15th Century, patrons of the arts who helped the Renaissance (6) |
| SABRETOOTHEDTIGER | Extinct mammal on the 'Fangs of Death' badge of the 439 Combat Support Squadron of the Royal Canadian Air Force: 2 wds. |
| ELDOCTOROW | Ragtime author who received the American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal in 2013: 3 wds. |
| TONIMORRISON | Beloved author who received the American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal in 2019: 2 wds. |
| JOHNUPDIKE | Rabbit Run author who received the American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal in 2007: 2 wds. |
| ANNIEPROULX | The Shipping News Pulitzer winner and 2007 inductee into the American Academy of Arts and Letters: 2 wds. |
| TONYKUSHNER | Angels in America Pulitzer winner and 2005 inductee into the American Academy of Arts and Letters: 2 wds. |
| HARING | Keith, exponent of 'Graffiti art' who died in 1990 (6) |
| CALDER | Alexander, American pioneer of kinetic art who died in 1976 (6) |
| JONES | Allen, British painter and exponent of Pop art who designed sets and costumes for the 1969 stage revue Oh! Calcutta! (5) |
| NEDKELLY | Australian bushranger and folk hero portrayed in film by Mick Jagger in 1970 and Heath Ledger in 200 |
