| MEDIUM | Oil, water or solvent in which pigments are mixed or paints are thinned; or, the midway point between two extremes (6) |
| DELPHINUS | Named after the Latin word for a dolphin, constellation in the Heavenly Waters family roughly betwee |
| HALFWAY | To the midway point |
| WELL | Oil, water or gas source |
| PORTRAYS | Describes in words or paints a person (8) |
| STENCIL | Plate with holes through which pigment is applied to produce an image (7) |
| GROUND | Terra firma; a canvas or panel to which paints are applied; a cricket field or rugby stadium; or, in plural, acreage or parkland surrounding a large house (6) |
| PALETTE | Board on which paints are mixed (7) |
| PUNCH | Originally alcoholic drink, served from the bowl in which it was mixed, or the British satirical mag |
| GOUACHE | Painting technique using opaque watercolour paint in which the pigments are bound with glue (7) |
| GLUG | Word imitative of oil, water, wine etc being poured from a bottle or down one's throat; or, the amount of liquid issued, when said sound is heard (4) |
| BLUE | Colour whose pigments are rare in nature, yet the plants indigo and woad yield cerulean-hued dye (4) |
| CHINESE | Nationality after which red and white pigments are named |
| SCALDFISH | Small European flatfish such as the Mediterranean ? living on mixed or muddy bottoms (9) |
| DRYROASTED | Description of peanuts or other foods cooked without oil/water (3-7) |
| ATOLL | Type of coral reef such as the one surrounding the Midway Islands (5) |
| BEARS | NFL team known as "the Monsters of the Midway" |
| CHECK | "Before going on a long drive, you should always your oil, water and tyres." |
| TETHERING | Solvent in can, good for fixing in position |
| ABELTOPAY | Financially solvent, in the Garden of Eden? |
