| GRECO | Spanish painter, not the Spanish first (5) |
| VISIT | Call time on the King, not the Spanish one |
| BLINI | Not the Spanish drink for Russian pancake (5) |
| SAVOY | Sausage, not the Spanish hotel (5) |
| EGYPT | Where Cavafy wrote poem, but not the Spanish part |
| IRISH | Tongue I savour - but not the Spanish version |
| TITAN | Italian painter, not one to represent primordial god (5) |
| DIEGO | Spanish first name, ultimately derived from a name for James, son of Zebedee |
| ELEVEN | The Spanish first lady's new team (6) |
| NOVELIST | Writer having month with the Spanish first (8) |
| BIASED | Influenced by a Delibes variation (not the Spanish version) (6) |
| ELI | Ellie, not the Spanish cleric (3) |
| ARTIST | Painter not paid by the hour |
| JEZEBEL | About to leave Jerez, expedition leader with Bella, not the Spanish scheming woman (7) |
| DANUBE | Amateurish painter not quite capturing northern river |
| GOYA | Painter, not Rex, to leave a gory mess (4) |
| DRAMATIST | Drink to painter not having registered writer |
| AGED | Old painter not quite making comeback (4) |
| ONE | An impressionist painter not using frame (3) |
| LASERENISSIMA | Bright light Italian painter's not got right, inappropriate over Venice |
