| SALVADORDALI | Spanish surrealist artist who wrote the 1944 novel Hidden Faces |
| ANOUILH | Jean _, French dramatist who wrote the 1944 play Antigone (7) |
| WEPT | "Lift your hidden faces/ Ye who - and prayed" (4) |
| DALI | Salvador, Spanish surrealist artist who died in 1989 (4) |
| MIRO | Joan, Spanish surrealist artist who died in 1983 (4) |
| UNDERCUT | Behind Umbertha's cover, crude novel hidden amidst books sold cheaply (8) |
| HER | Cherry Muhanji novel hidden in this clue |
| ITT | Cousin with a hidden face |
| HORSESMOUTH | The -, 1944 novel by Joyce Cary (6,5) |
| DELICATEAPE | The -, 1944 novel by Dorothy B Hughes (8,3) |
| LORCA | Spanish poet, dramatist and artist who wrote the play Blood Wedding in 1933, Federico Garcia ... |
| PETERSON | Naturalist, ornithologist and artist who wrote the first modern field guides (8) |
| NEVILLESTAPLE | Ska artist who wrote the autobiography "Original Rude Boy" |
| GIORGIOVASARI | Italian artist who wrote "Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects" |
| CAROLEKING | Artist who wrote and performed the "Gilmore Girls" theme song |
| BANKSY | Anonymous graffiti artist who wrote, "A wall is a very big weapon. It's one of the nastiest things you can hit someone with" |
| YOKOONO | Singer/artist who wrote "Grapefruit," a book of short performance-art scripts |
| GRAY | Alasdair ___ (1934 - 2019), Glasgow-born writer and artist who wrote Lanark (1981) (4) |
| BLAKE | William _, English poet and artist who wrote Songs Of Innocence (1789) |
| ONO | Performance artist who wrote Grapefruit |
