| ROYALACADEMY | Which representative body of artists was founded in 1768? (5,7) |
| ACADEMY | The A of RA, the British art organisation founded in 1768 |
| DEPUTIES | Board of ___, representative body of Britain's Jewish community (8) |
| SCHOOL | Body of artists knocking back a litre, alcohol's drunk (6) |
| AGE | Period in which representatives have 50% off |
| PAULCEZANNE | Apparently Matisse or Picasso (or both) claimed that this French artists was 'the father of us all' |
| ENCYCLOPEDIA | General knowledge reference work first published in 1768 (12,10) |
| WORKSCOUNCIL | Staff representative body (5,7) |
| OUTOFTHEBLUE | Surprising reason artist was unable to paint water? (3,2,3,4) |
| ENDEAVOUR | Ship which Captain Cook took command of in 1768 (9) |
| COOK | Commander of the ship Endeavour who set sail with his crew to Tahiti in 1768 to chart the transit of Venus across the Sun (4) |
| INIGO | English landscape painter and a founding member of the Royal Academy in 1768, John ... Richards |
| CHARLOTTE | Large city in North Carolina (pop about 900,000), incorporated in 1768 (9) |
| IGUANA | Genus of lizard first described by Austrian naturalist Josephus Nicolaus Laurenti in 1768 |
| REYNOLDS | First president of the Royal Academy in 1768, artist Sir Joshua ... |
| DELEGACY | Representative body taking time up in redevelopment of Clyde |
| CORSICA | Island ceded to France by Genoa in 1768 |
| CANALETTO | Venetian painter who died in 1768 (9) |
| JOSEALVAREZ | Spanish sculptor born in 1768 employed by Napoleon to decorate the Ouirinal Palace (4,7) |
| BRITANNICA | General knowledge reference work first published in 1768 (12,10) |