| TIEDUPINAMEETING | The escape artist was ___ |
| USING | The artist was ___ a paintbrush (5) |
| POST | Billboard's top artist was ___ Malone (4) |
| THE | Billboard's top male artist was ___ Weeknd (3) |
| HOUDINI | The stage name of the escape artist Erik Weisz (7) |
| HHH | Initials-sharers of the escape artist who died October 31st, 1926 |
| OKONEDO | Actress whose TV credits include The Escape Artist, Sophie _ (7) |
| LASH | Frans the artist was upset by the whip (4) |
| KHALEDSABSABI | Which artist was invited to represent Australia at the 2026 Venice Biennale only to have it revoked by the board of Creative Australia? (6,7) |
| WASALWAYSHIGH | The trapeze artist was pink-slipped because she ___ |
| TACTICIAN | Heard the artist was about to play role of planner (9) |
| CONSTABLE | Which English artist was famous for his paintings of the English countryside, sketched constantly from nature? |
| LYTEASAROCK | Influential 1988 hip-hop album whose artist was seventeen at the time of its release |
| DRAWABIGCROWD | The portrait artist was hired for a massive family reunion to ... |
| ETTY | Which 19th-century English artist was criticised for his sensuous nudes, and his works include The Wrestlers (1840)? (4) |
| INTRANSIT | Passing through inn, artist was moved (2,7) |
| PINK | Billboard's top touring artist was this female singer (4) |
| ARISTA | ___ Records, American record label founded in 1974, whose biggest selling recording artist was Whitney Houston |
| VANDYCK | Which Flemish artist was appointed painter to Charles I of England in 1632? (3,4) |
| OUTOFTHEBLUE | Surprising reason artist was unable to paint water? (3,2,3,4) |