| ARTISTS | The Tsarist upheaval for painters, sculptors and writers, say (7) |
| UKASE | Legally binding decree issued by the tsarist Russian government |
| VASARI | Italian painter and architect whose Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors and Architects laid the foundation for the study of art history (6) |
| GIORGIOVASARI | Italian artist who wrote "Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects" |
| GARRICK | Which London club was founded in 1831 for actors, painters and writers? (7) |
| BERGMAN | Swedish director, Austrian composer, and German author, say (7) |
| TSUNAMI | One needs an interior upheaval for this phenomenon (7) |
| MATISSE | Artist's mother to pose for painters around the London area (7) |
| SPENSER | Poet and writers in series (7) |
| RIGHTON | Author, say, needs to have working PC (5-2) |
| REJOICE | Take pleasure in note going to Irish writer, say (7) |
| ELEGIST | Writer, say, English are inclined to defend say |
| CUBISTS | Measures taken about opening of studio for painters (7) |
| PALETTE | Papa let Terence enter board for painters (7) |
| LADDERS | Boys maintain the German equipment for painters, perhaps |
| TEMPERA | Mix in due proportion a substance for painters (7) |
| PRESSED | Like preserved flowers and writers under deadline |
| ROMANOV | Member of Russia's final tsarist dynasty (7) |
| GESSOES | Canvas coatings for painters |
| COSSACK | Tsarist Russia's elite cavalryman |
