| PATRONS | Supportors of the arts |
| ESTE | Family of Italian rulers including Alfonso I, Duke of Ferrara, patron of the arts for whom Bellini painted The Feast of the Gods and Titian created Bacchus and Ariadne (4) |
| AESTHETE | Lover of the arts moves the seat near the back of the theatre (8) |
| LORIMER | Exponent of the Arts and Crafts style of architecture who restored a number of historic houses and castles and designed Ardkinglas House; or, a maker of metal bridle parts (7) |
| MUSE | Any of the nine goddesses of the arts in Greek mythology, daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne (4) |
| ERATO | From the Greek for "lovely" or "desired", one of the nine Muses of the arts and sciences, who specifically presided over love poetry (5) |
| NYU | Home of the Tisch Sch. of the Arts |
| EDWARDDEVERE | *The 17th Earl of Oxford and a prolific patron of the arts |
| AOSD | What is the name of the Arts Council's affiliation of up to 250 Irish creative artists? (7) |
| WILLIAMREESMOGG | Former editor of The Times, 1967-81, later chairman of the Arts Council |
| LUCREZIABORGIA | Italian noblewoman who became a patron of the arts and science after her third marriage, to the Duke of Ferrara |
| AOSDANA | What is the name of the Arts Council's association of up to 250 Irish creative artists? (7) |
| TELLTALE | ___ ___ Harbour (East Coast musical comedy of 2022 starring Alan Doyle, now playing at the Confederation Centre of the Arts, in Charlottetown) |
| POTTERY | Grayson Perry, winner of the 2003 Turner Prize, is world renowned in this area of the arts (7) |
| BORGIA | Italo-Spanish family which produced two popes in the 15th Century, patrons of the arts who helped the Renaissance (6) |
| VOYSEY | A central figure of the Arts and Crafts movement whose textile design Birds of Many Climes depicts avians including blue tanager, canary, finch, Japanese robin, king bird-of-paradise and yellow-tufted |
| MORRIS | Craftsman who collaborated on his "Red House" with friend Philip Webb and whose daughter, May, co-founded the exhibition society that inspired the name of the Arts and Crafts Movement (6) |
| CULTURES | The two ___, CP Snow's description of the arts and the sciences (8) |
| MUSIC | The most noted of the arts |
| ACADEMY | Institution for the advancement of the arts and sciences (7) |
