| WYNDHAMLEWIS | Vorticist painter; author of novels The Revenge for Love and The Apes of God (7,5) |
| OEUVRE | French word for the body of work of a painter, writer or composer (6) |
| WYNDHAM | Percy ___ Lewis, Vorticist painter and writer (7) |
| HOEG | "The Woman and the Ape" author Peter |
| CONGREVE | William ___, English playwright and poet whose comedies include Love for Love and The Way of the World |
| RUSKIN | Art critic, ornithologist, watercolourist and Modern Painters author whose wife Effie Gray fell in love with his protege John Everett Millais (6) |
| LEWIS | Author of the novels The Apes of God and The Revenge for Love |
| BOLEYN | Dan --, a character in the novel 'The Apes of God' by Wyndham Lewis (6) |
| SETTLEASCORE | Take revenge for past wrong (6,1,5) |
| BURNEJONES | Artist who is seen as the last of the Pre-Raphaelites; his works include Love and the Pilgrim and collection of watercolours in The Flower Book (5-5) |
| SHAFAK | Author of novels including The Forty Rules of Love and The Architect's Apprentice (6) |
| SHARP | Song hunter who collected thousands of folk ballads whilst cycling the countryside including Bruton Town, Green Broom, The Seeds of Love and The Sprig of Thyme (5) |
| DION | "The Power of Love" and "The Power of the Dream" singer Celine |
| DARLENE | First name of the singer whose compilation albums include "So Much Love" and "The Sound of Love" |
| ORESTES | In Greek mythology, the son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, who killed his mother and her lover Aegisthus in revenge for their murder of his father |
| SAT | 'The Revenge of the Baby-___' ('Calvin and Hobbes' book) |
| BRENTON | Howard ___, author of the stage plays Christie in Love and The Churchill Play (7) |
| MCEWAN | Author of novels Enduring Love and The Cement Garden (3,6) |
| IAN | Author of novels Enduring Love and The Cement Garden (3,6) |
| IANMCEWAN | Author of novels Enduring Love and The Cement Garden (3,6) |
