| FRANCISBACON | This British painter is known for powerful, predominantly figural images that express isolation, brutality, and terror. His painting Three Studies of Lucien Freud (1969) sold at auction for about $142 |
| RBG | Late justice known for powerful dissents, for short |
| RICHTER | This German painter is known for his diverse painting styles and subjects. He grew up under the shadow of Nazism and then within East Germany. His painting Domplatz, Mailand (1968) sold at auction for |
| MONET | Which Impressionist painter is known for series paintings of repeated motifs and changing light? |
| POLLOCK | Which American painter is known for the poured, or "drip," technique he used to create his major works? |
| DEGAS | Which French Impressionist painter is known for his ballet paintings? (5) |
| EIDETIC | Like images that are photographic - summoned, that is, in retrospect? (7) |
| RENOIR | This French painter was, early in his career, associated with the Impressionist movement, though he later broke with it to pursue a more disciplined, formal technique in portraits and figural painting |
| ALEXKATZ | American figural artist associated with the Pop art movement whose Red Tulips sold for $690,600 in 2007 |
| SODAPOP | Popadoms without starter of Madras sent back for Irn-Bru? (4,3) |
| ABRUPT | Likely to consume Irn-Bru leaving hall? That's unexpected (6) |
| OKEEFFE | This American painter is a Modernist known for her large canvases depicting natural forms. Her Jimson Weed / White Flower No. 1 sold at a 2014 auction for more than $44 million. |
| EYECANDY | Visual images that are attractive but intellectually undemanding (3,5) |
| PETROGLYPHS | Images that can be seen at El Morro National Monument's Inscription Rock |
| ANTONYM | Two words that express opposing concepts. |
| APPROVALRATS | Rodents that express favorable opinions? |
| LAUGH | Make sounds that express amusement (5) |
| ODES | Poems that express approval |
| ERS | Utterances that express hesitation (3) |
| ILOVEYOUSOMUCH | Words that express a deep-felt affection |
