| RAEBURN | Portraitist whose painting Reverend Robert Walker Skating on Duddingston Loch (The Skating Minister) is often used as an image for Christmas cards (7) |
| WINTER | Depicted in Vivaldi's concerto L'inverno or in Raeburn's The Reverend Robert Walker Skating on Duddingston Loch, the coldest of the seasons (6) |
| RORAR | Loch -----, the deepest freshwater body in British Isles (5) |
| LOCH | The Reverend Robert Walker Skating on Duddingston -; painting attributed to Henry Raeburn (4) |
| SKATES | Depicted in Henry Raeburn's iconic portrait of the Reverend Robert Walker, boots upon which to glide across rinks or other expanses of frozen water; or, the metal blades attached to said footwear (6) |
| TIEPOLO | Artist whose painting on the ceiling at the Wurzburg Residence is the world's largest fresco (7) |
| DUDDINGSTONLOCH | Skating Minister's location in Raeburn's painting (11,4) |
| HALS | Frans ---, Dutch portraitist whose works included The Laughing Cavalier (4) |
| BOTTICELLI | Nickname of the Italian Renaissance artist whose painting The Birth of Venus depicts the Roman goddess of love and beauty arriving on land in a giant scallop shell (10) |
| DRINKER | The one having liquid refreshment was the German going round the skating floor (7) |
| OFFICERS | You won't find these officials on the skating rink by the look of it (8) |
| ENSIGNPULVER | 1964 comedy-drama film starring Robert Walker Jr in the title role (6,6) |
| PULVER | Joshua Logan film starring Robert Walker in the title role (6) |
| ENSIGN | Joshua Logan film starring Robert Walker in the title role (6) |
| ROBERTWALKER | Skating minister in Henry Rae burn's portrait (6,6) |
| JOHN | Pembrokeshire-born portraitist whose sitters included W. B. Yeats, Dylan Thomas and T. E. Lawrence (4) |
| PEALE | Charles Willson ___, George Washington portraitist whose name is apt for this puzzle's theme |
| TURNER | Landscape artist and watercolourist whose painting The Fighting Temeraire, self-portrait and signature are to feature on the new £20 banknote (6) |
| AXEL | Student gets the chop for the skating move (4) |
| PRINK | Fussily dress political leader on the skating sur face (5) |
