| POLLOCK | Whose "drip painting" No. 5, 1948 sold for a record $140m in 2005? (7) |
| AFAR | A long way behind with paintings (no time for them) (4) |
| POLESAPART | Eastern European drip painting like chalk and cheese! (5,5) |
| JACKSONPOLLOCK | American abstract expressionist painter best known for his style of drip painting |
| SPLAT | Sound heard when making a drip painting |
| EYADEMA | Who became the third president of Togo in a bloodless 1967 coup and remained as president until his death in 2005? (7) |
| KATRINA | Which hurricane caused devastation in New Orleans in 2005? (7) |
| GAZETTE | From "halfpennyworth of news", a type of newspaper originally sold for a Venetian coin of very little value (7) |
| SCALPED | Sold for a big profit, as tickets |
| IRISES | Van Gogh painting sold for a record $53.9 million in 1987 |
| FREUD | Who is the subject of the Francis Bacon triptych which recently sold for a record $142.4m? (5) |
| TOPPS | Issuer of a Mickey Mantle card sold for a record amount |
| RIOPELLE | Montreal-born painter Jean Paul of 1952-1953 oil on canvas Vent du Nord which sold for a record $6,250,000 CAD at auction in 2017 at Heffel |
| SUPERHEROES | In a painting that sold for a personal record $23 million on March 23, street artist Banksy compares British nurses in the Covid era to these |
| GERHARD | ___ Richter, contemporary artist whose painting "Abstraktes Bild (599)" sold at auction for a record-setting $46.3 million dollars |
| BONO | Who shared a Time magazine Persons of the Year cover with Bill and Melinda Gates in 2005? (4) |
| GOINGFORASONG | Fetching a son's grand, being sold for a trifle (5,3,1,4) |
| ANALOGY | Any envelope for a record correspondence? (7) |
| AIRPLAY | Radio coverage for a record (7) |
| COMPANY | 1970 Stephen Sondheim nominated for a record-setting 14 Tony Awards |
