| MADONNAS | Paintings often including an infant |
| FRESCO | From an Italian word for "cool", an intonaco wall painting, often reproduced from a cartoon (6) |
| ICONS | Religious paintings, often in wood (5) |
| MURALS | Sprawling paintings, often |
| SPINART | Messy paintings, often |
| EGGSALAD | Dish often including mayonnaise and cress as well as its main ingredient, often used in sandwiches |
| OVERTURE | Instrumental prelude to an opera, oratorio or other extended composition, often including the work's themes (8) |
| STEEPGRADE | Road sign often including a percent symbol |
| MASQUES | Covers broadcast entertainment, often including pantomime (7) |
| TRIO | Chamber group often including a piano |
| USMAP | Graphic often including insets of AK and HI |
| CHOWDER | Thick chunky soup, often including clams (7) |
| MAGRITTE | Rena ___; Belgian surrealist whose paintings often feature depictions of bowler hats (8) |
| MIRO | Joan -; artist whose signature style paintings often combine abstract shapes in primary colours with black outlines (4) |
| STEEN | Artist whose paintings often depict lively taverns, rowdy households or domestic chaos such as Beware of Luxury, Country Wedding or The Merry Family (5) |
| SPENCER | Stanley ____ was best-known for his religious paintings, often set in his home village, Cookham in Berkshire |
| DIPTYCHS | Paintings, often altarpieces, on two hinged wooden panels that can close like a book (8) |
| KLIMT | Vienna Secession co-founder whose paintings often feature gold leaf, shimmering colours and mosaic-like patterns recalling butterfly or peacock wings (5) |
| GOTHIC | "American ___" (painting often parodied) |
| SMEAR | Pre-school painting, often |
