| MAUGHAM | W. Somerset -; author of Cakes and Ale, The Magician and The Moon and Sixpence (7) |
| BILLBIXBY | Actor who starred in the television series The Magician and The Incredible Hulk (4,5) |
| OKEEFFE | Painter of "Pelvis with Shadow and the Moon" and "Cow's Skull with Calico Roses" |
| SOMERSETMAUGHAM | Author of 'Cakes and Ale' (8,7) |
| JOSEPHSDREAM | The sun and the moon and eleven stars bowed down to him in this |
| TAROT | Where to find the Magician and wands |
| GAUGUIN | Somerset Maugham's 1919 novel Moon and Sixpence is inspired by the life of which French painter? (7) |
| BREEZES | Pieces of cake and French cheeses say with a drop of sherry (7) |
| INJOKES | At home, Mr Biden's eating a third piece of cake and making japes of limited appeal (2-5) |
| BROWNIE | Cake and ale perhaps receiving zero credit |
| SOMERSET | English author of novels including The Moon and Sixpence (1919) (8) |
| WHOOPIE | ___ pie (cookie-like treat made of cake and frosting) |
| OVID | But he didn't write The Moon and Sixpence before 1971! |
| SHAK | Source of the phrases "cakes and ale" and "milk of human kindness": Abbr. |
| VEIL | The Painted ___; novel by Cakes and Ale author W. Somerset Maugham (4) |
| PAULGAUGUIN | Artist whose life inspired The Moon and Sixpence |
| APOT | "For God's sake, ___ of small ale": "The Taming of the Shrew" |
| MOON | Somerset Maugham book based on the life of painter Paul Gauguin, The ... And Sixpence |
| BITTER | Style of British pale ale, the colour of which can range from gold to dark amber (6) |
| COCKAIGNE | Mythical medieval land of plenty, idleness and luxury described as having dwellings of cake and barley sugar, rivers of milk or wine, roasted geese roaming pastry-paved streets and skies raining chees |
