| LORENZO | Magnificent Medici traditions unknown in number (7) |
| DYNAMIC | Characters among Medici many describe, in retrospect, as forceful (7) |
| SERPENT | Drama starring Samantha Morton as Catherine de' Medici, The _ Queen (7) |
| CORNELL | Joseph ?, New York-born artist whose works include 1943 assemblage Medici Slot Machine (7) |
| ITALIAN | - garden; symmetrical style of alfresco space traditionally "green" with few flowers, such as any one of the many at the Medici Villas near Florence (7) |
| DELORME | Philibert -; an architect who designed the first plans of the Tuileries Palace for Catherine de' Medici in the 16th century (2,1'4) |
| SPINACH | Catherine de' Medici is said to |
| TARRANT | English illustrator whose whimsical watercolours of delicate sprites, ethereal fairies, flowers, rosy-cheeked children, rural Surrey and water-babies can be found lending their charm to vintage Medici |
| BOTTICELLI | Florentine painter who worked for the Medici family throughout most of his life; his works include Primavera and a depiction of a goddess standing in a scallop shell in The Birth of Venus (10) |
| PITTI | Palazzo -; palace in Florence bought by Cosimo I de' Medici in 1549, today divided into four museums (5) |
| CHARLESIX | Catherine de' Medici and Henry II's son who ruled as king of France from 1560 until his death in 1574 (7,1,1) |
| ARTICHOKE | Globe -; edible thistle said to have been introduced to France by Catherine de Medici in the 16th century, depicted in designs by William Morris (9) |
| TUILERIES | Jardin des -; formal gardens next to the Musee du Louvre in Paris, originally commissioned by Catherine de Medici in 1564 (9) |
| CIVIC | Of citizens in Medici Victoria |
| ARABIC | Might Medici bar author writing up pieces in this language? |
| ICICLE | Crystal found in Medici clearing house (6) |
| COSIMO | ___ de' Medici, who founded the Medici dynasty |
| FLORENCE | Ms Nightingale in the city of the Medici (8) |
| UFFIZIGALLERY | Where is the Medici Venus housed? (6,7) |
| LIPPI | Florentine painter who created The Annunciation and its pendant Seven Saints for the Medici palace, and frescoes in the Prato cathedral (5) |
