| SEROTA | Nicholas ---, former director of the Tate, now chairman of Arts Council England |
| ARTS | ___ Council England, creative public body (4) |
| WILLIAMREESMOGG | Former editor of The Times, 1967-81, later chairman of the Arts Council |
| PELADEAU | Former CEO of Quebecor and now chairman of Hydro-Quebec |
| EISNER | Michael, former Disney CEO now chairman of Portsmouth FC (6) |
| RIDLEY | Nicholas, former bishop of London who was martyred in 1555 (6) |
| NAC | National Arts Council (3) |
| CHARLIE | Mr Nicholas, former Celtic star (7) |
| AOSD | What is the name of the Arts Council's affiliation of up to 250 Irish creative artists? (7) |
| AOSDANA | What is the name of the Arts Council's association of up to 250 Irish creative artists? (7) |
| STRONG | Former director of the V&A and also the National Portrait Gallery, author of books including The Artist and the Garden, A Country Life and The Elizabethan Image (6) |
| DOWELL | British ballet dancer and former Director of the Royal Ballet, Anthony |
| NORDMANN | ___ fir, conifer named after a former director of the Odessa Botanical Garden (8) |
| EYRE | Sir Richard ___, former director of the National Theatre (4) |
| EDGAR | Leonardo Dicaprio biopic about a former director of the FBI, J. - - - (5) |
| HOOVER | Former director of the FBI |
| STEPHENSHAW | Former director of the Prison Reform Trust appointed Prisons Ombudsman in 1999, a post he held until 2010 |
| DAGAN | Former director of the Mossad |
| STIVES | Cornish resort, the location of a branch of the Tate Gallery (2,4) |
| IVES | St -; Cornish fishing town, site of one of the Tate galleries (4) |
