| LIONELHAMPTON | US musician born in 1908 known for his use of the Vibraphone in jazz (6,7) |
| BECK | Multiple Grammy-winning US musician born in 1970, whose singles include Loser and Mixed Bizness (4) |
| LARUE | Lash known for his use of the bullwhip in old Westerns |
| LEONARDO | Italian polymath noted for his use of the techniques sfumato and chiaroscuro in paintings including Mona Lisa, The Last Supper and Lady with an Ermine (8) |
| VIBES | Another term for percussion instrument the vibraphone (5) |
| LIONEL | Mr. Hampton, bandleader who introduced the vibraphone into jazz (6) |
| WINSTONGRAHAM | Writer born in 1908 noted for his Poldark series of novels (7,6) |
| POLLOCK | US artist known for his use of “drip technique” |
| MATISSE | French artist born 1869, known for his use of colour (7) |
| MCESCHER | Dutch artist known for his use of visual illusion and paradoxical perspective (1,1,6) |
| TPAIN | B singer known for his use of Auto-Tune |
| BIDEN | Politician known for his use of "malarkey" |
| KL | Austrian artist known for his use of gold leaf. (5) |
| KLIMT | Austrian artist known for his use of gold leaf. (5) |
| KAPOOR | Anish, British sculptor born in India in 1954 noted for his use of abstract biomorphic forms (6) |
| ONO | United States musician (born in Japan) who married John Lennon and collaborated with him on recordings (born in 1933). |
| NICHOLAS | Forename of Sir Christopher Wren or Sir John Vanbrugh's collaborator known as the "devil's architect" for his use of satanic or pagan symbols (8) |
| CHAGALL | Artist who died in 1985 aged 97, noted for his use of saturated, contrasting colours in pieces such |
| BEUYS | Joseph, German avant-garde artist noted for his use of animal fat in his work (5) |
| CHARLESIVES | US composer noted for his use of polyrhythms, polytonality and quarter tones (1874-1954) |
