| AMATTEROFTASTE | Personal predilection in art or diet (1,6,2,5) |
| PREDISPOSITION | Predilection |
| STUDY | A home office or den in which to swot, compose, write letters, send emails or complete prep; an exercise in art; or, an etude in music (5) |
| MONTAGE | French word for a pictorial technique used in art or advertising in which pre-existing images are cut out and reassembled to create a single collage-like paste-up or composite photograph; or, a style |
| THEME | Topic of a talk or discourse; or, recurrent idea in art or literature (5) |
| GRADATIONS | Transitions of colours or tones from light to dark in art; or, diatonic successions of chords in music (10) |
| AMORETTI | Cherubs, cupids or putti in art; or, a sonnet cycle by Edmund Spenser (8) |
| GARLANDS | Wreaths of flowers and leaves, depicted as festoons in art; or, literary anthologies or miscellanies (8) |
| BRUSH | A thicket; a fox's tail; a fleeting encounter; or, an implement for applying paint in art or decorating (5) |
| SCHMALTZ | Excessive sentimentality in art or music (8) |
| GENRE | A style in art or literature |
| ACADEMICISM | Adherence to formal rules (in art or literature) |
| ACADEMISM | Adherence to formal rules in art or literature |
| AGITPROP | Political propaganda in art or literature (8) |
| DILETTANTE | Dabbler in art or literature |
| AESTHETES | They cultivate great sensitivity to beauty, as in art or nature |
| LAUREATE | Person honoured with an award in art or science |
| FELICITY | Word for happiness; a blessing; a joyous event; an effective feature in art; or, elegance/aptness of expression (8) |
| DILETTANTISH | Merely dabbling in arts or science |
| BACHELOR | Single fellow who's qualified in Arts or Science? (8) |
