| AOSD | What is the name of the Arts Council's affiliation of up to 250 Irish creative artists? (7) |
| AOSDANA | What is the name of the Arts Council's association of up to 250 Irish creative artists? (7) |
| WILLIAMREESMOGG | Former editor of The Times, 1967-81, later chairman of the Arts Council |
| MORRIS | Craftsman who collaborated on his "Red House" with friend Philip Webb and whose daughter, May, co-founded the exhibition society that inspired the name of the Arts and Crafts Movement (6) |
| BAROCCO | Italian name of the art style which replaced Mannerism as Europe's dominant one, around 1600 |
| RESTRAIN | Check on upcoming Northern Irish creative activities (8) |
| SPICULE | Brief ejection of hot dense gas from the outer layer (chromosphere) of the Sun, able to reach heights of up to 6000 miles (7) |
| QUASARS | Powered by supermassive black holes and with red shifts of up to z=7.64, ultra-luminous galactic nuclei that are some of the universe's most distant known objects (7) |
| OSTRICH | Running at speeds of up to 45 mph, the world's largest bird, Latin name Struthio camelus (7) |
| NEPTUNE | Planet with a storm or "Great Dark Spot" which is comparable in size to Earth and experiences wind speeds of up to 1,500 mph (7) |
| BATTERY | Intentional or reckless infliction of unlawful force on another person, punishable by a prison term of up to 6 months (7) |
| DRAWERS | Where to store the work of artists? (7) |
| BIGHAND | Provider of up-to-the-minute info? |
| TSUNAMI | A seismic sea wave travelling at speeds of up to 500 mph (7) |
| CHESTOF | Dresser for the bosom of artists? (5,2,7) |
| HASHTAG | One of up to thirty in an Instagram post |
| PEELERS | Do they prepare spuds for striptease artists? (7) |
| ATONERS | Make-up artists? |
| TRAPEZE | Bar for swinging artists? (7) |
| LOADERS | Put-on artists? |
