| SFUMATO | Subtlety-of-tone technique used in the Mona Lisa |
| MODEL | Old master dismisses arts produced by Lisa del Giocondo, for one, in the Mona Lisa (5) |
| ANTONWEBERN | Austrian composer who was an exponent of the 12-tone technique |
| WEBERN | Composer Anton who used the 12-tone technique |
| FORENSIC | Scientific test or technique used in the investigation of crime (8) |
| STOPMOTION | Film technique used in the first "King Kong" movie |
| NUISANCES | One of these troubles exists in subtlety of meaning |
| NUANCE | Subtlety of meaning is lost from a pain in the neck (6) |
| EMBRYOTRANSFER | Technique used in treatment of infertility used by more eccentric movement (6,8) |
| TAKEAHINT | Understand the subtlety of kit Athena's thrown out (4,1,4) |
| NICETY | Subtlety of seductive appeal engaging church in US city (6) |
| VOCABULARY | The words of a language, sphere or subject; a dictionary, glossary or lexicon; or, a range of stylistic forms or techniques used in an art/craft (10) |
| IMPASTO | Painting technique used in van Gogh's "The Starry Night" |
| WORDASSOCIATION | Technique used in early psychoanalysis that also maybe helpful in solving crosswords |
| FINESSE | What is subtlety of discrimination called (7) |
| 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 |
| SMARTS | Is painful technique used in texting? (6) |
| REPORTAGE | Technique used in documentary about transport |
| LUNGE | Offensive fencing technique used in swordplay |
| APPLIQUE | Overlaying fabric design technique used in banner and flag making |
