| CONCEALHISPAST | The Venetian blind installer tried to ___ |
| SLATSHAKER | Person dusting the Venetian blinds? |
| LIFTAFINGER | The chicken thief tried to ___ |
| GRABADRINK | The whiskey thief tried to ___ |
| STEALAKISS | The chocolate thief tried to ___ |
| TAKETHECAKE | The dessert thief tried to ___ |
| CAESARSALAD | ... the waitress tried to ___ |
| PULLTHEWOOLOVER | The shady lawyer tried to ___ a client's eyes, ... |
| RIDEOUTTHESTORM | He tried to ___ but still got fired |
| POUSSIN | French classical artist who painted A Dance to the Music of Time, the Venetian-inspired The Nurture of Bacchus, the pastoral Et in Arcadia ego and The Four Seasons series (7) |
| GHETTO | This word is derived from the Italian dialect form gheto, "foundry," which refers to the Venetian island where Jews were forced to live during the 16th century. The English term came into use by 1611. |
| TITIAN | Born near the foot of the Dolomites circa 1490, the Renaissance master of the Venetian school whose works include his seven-metre-high Assunta, Bacchus and Ariadne and the Danae series (6) |
| DECOUPAGE | Derived from an ancient Chinese practice, the art of glueing paper cutouts to wooden furniture to simulate paintings that was popular with the Venetians and later the Victorians (9) |
| SLAT | Patched up the last venetian blind lath |
| LOTTO | Artist of the Italian Renaissance trained in the Venetian school who painted Susanna and the Elders and Portrait of a Woman Inspired by Lucretia (5) |
| GIUDECCA | Island in the Venetian lagoon separated from the main part of the city (8) |
| UDINE | City at the foot of the Venetian Alps |
| WYNN | Casino next to the Venetian in Vegas |
| MURANO | Islands at the centre of the Venetian 12 industry (6) |
| LAS | The Sphere at the Venetian ___ Vegas (Nevada entertainment venue) |
