| UFFIZI | Where to see Botticelli's "The Birth of Venus" |
| SCALLOP | Mollusc with a shell depicted in Sandro Botticelli's The Birth of Venus (7) |
| BOTTICELLI | Sobriquet of a painter who worked under the patronage of the Medicis in Renaissance Florence; his works include The Birth of Venus and Primavera (10) |
| DUNANT | Sarah -, author of novels Mapping the Edge and The Birth of Venus |
| FLORENCE | Riverside city and capital of Tuscany, site of the Uffizi Gallery, where Sandro Botticelli's The Bir |
| SANDROBOTTICELLI | Italian painter of the Early Renaissance whose masterpieces include The Birth of Venus and Primavera |
| NUDE | Like Venus in "The Birth of Venus" |
| VENUS | Botticelli's "The Birth of ___" |
| SANDRO | The Birth of Venus painter Botticelli |
| ANGEL | Mary's visitor in Botticelli's "The Annunciation" |
| NUDES | Botticelli's "Birth of Venus," et al. |
| DECAMERON | The ; Giovanni Boccaccio's collection of 100 tales including Nastagio degli Onesti illustrated inSandro Botticelli's Banquet in the Pine Forest (9) |
| TUSCANY | Home to DOP wines Chianti and Montepulciano, region of Italy whose capital Florence holds works including Botticelli's Primavera and Trtian's Flora in the Uffizi Gallery (7) |
| MADONNAANDJULIACHILD | Botticelli's famous "kitchen scene'? I'd like to see it, but no |
| SATYRS | Playful tots in Botticelli's "Venus and Mars" |
| HELL | Subject of Botticelli's map referenced in Dan Brown's book "Inferno" |
| ICE | Evident in Botticelli's coldness of manner (3) |
| FINEART | Renoirs, Botticellis, etc. |
| FLORA | Roman goddess of spring scattering roses in an orange grove in Botticelli's Primavera (5) |
| LISP | Pronounced defect in Botticelli's painting (4) |
