| BATH | Spa city once inhabited by Gainsborough in the Circus (4) |
| TUNISIA | North African republic on the Mediterranean, once inhabited by the Berber tribes (7) |
| LITTLEBOYBLUE | Negligent young shepherd, not quite as portrayed by Gainsborough |
| ERIE | Native American tribe that once inhabited the Great Lakes region |
| DODO | Extinct flightless bird which once inhabited Mauritius (4) |
| EROS | The Queen's circle's in the Circus (4) |
| ACTS | A court summons - the first for those in the circus (4) |
| FLEA | Jumper found in the circus (4) |
| SEAL | Ball-on-the-nose balancer in the circus |
| BLUE | The - Boy; full-length or life-size portrait in oil by English artist Thomas Gainsborough (4) |
| WASH | Spa city "Aquae Sulis"; or, a tub in which to perform one's ablutions (4) |
| HOOP | Animals jump through it in the circus |
| TENT | What a big top is in the circus |
| TATE | Sugar magnate who founded what was originally the National Gallery of British Art which today holds paintings by Constable, Gainsborough, Turner, Waterhouse and Whistler (4) |
| EGER | Spa city in Hungary |
| GEEK | Chicken man, in the circus |
| ANET | Without ___ (Daringly in the circus) |
| BBOY | Thomas Gainsborough masterpiece, with "The" |
| PICTS | An ancient people that once inhabited parts of Scotland (5) |
| THOMSON | Commemorated in Poets' Corner with a memorial designed by Robert Adam, a Scottish bard and dramatist whose The Seasons inspired works by the likes of Clare, Gainsborough, Haydn, Reynolds and Turner (7 |
