| MOSER | Artist known for flower paintings, a floral scheme at Frogmore House commissioned by Queen Charlotte, a portrait of sculptor Joseph Nollekens and for being one of only two female founders of the Royal |
| HERSCHEL | George III's private astronomer who discovered Uranus with a home-made telescope and whose fellow stargazer sister, Caroline, was granted a scientific salary for her role as "ladies' comet hunter" by |
| ALICEMARIANELLENBALE | Noted for her flower paintings, her strong opinions and the fact that she never left the state of Vi |
| OKEEFFES | Some desert-flower paintings |
| IRISES | Van Gogh's famous flower painting |
| REDCAP | Depicted in a number of Madonna paintings, a name for the thistle eating goldfinch or "thisteltuige" (6) |
| MOUNT | Backing or setting for a gem or a painting; a slide used in microscopy; a philatelic stamp hinge; or, a hack as opposed to a draught horse (5) |
| DAMSONS | With varieties including Frogmore, Merryweather and Michaelmas, a cultivated variety of fruits known in their wild state as bullaces, used for gin, jam and spiced "cheese" (7) |
| LOWRY | Artist whose painting A Fylde Farm was collected by the Queen Mother and hung at Clarence House (5) |
| LAWRENCE | Sir Thomas -; artist who painted a full-length portrait of Queen Charlotte in 1790 (8) |
| DOU | Student of Rembrandt whose paintings A Girl Chopping Onions and The Grocer's Shop: A Woman Selling Grapes form part of the Royal Collection at Buckingham Palace (3) |
| ABAA | Rhyme scheme at the end of a villanelle |
| INTRIGUINGLY | Interestingly, most of the scheme at home is ugly without something on top (12) |
| VANCOUVER | Island separated from the Canadian mainland by the Strait of Georgia and Queen Charlotte Sound |
| PICTON | South Island spot with marina - good base for exploring Queen Charlotte Sound (6) |
| CREAMWARE | Variety of off-white glazed pottery perfected by Josiah Wedgwood, who supplied similar such pieces to Queen Charlotte (9) |
| WIG | Queen Charlotte wears one with a birdcage in it, in "Bridgerton" |
| HOGARTH | 18th-century artist whose series of eight paintings A Rake's Progress depicts the decline and fall of character Tom Rakewell (7) |
| SALON | Miniature paintings a lonely artist's showing (5) |
| DAMSON | Plum-like fruit with a cultivar called Frogmore |
