| AUERBACH | Berlin-born British figurative artist of the School of London noted for impastos including Head of E.O.W. IV and Head of Leon Kossoff (8) |
| KOSSOFF | Leon, British figurative painter born in 1926 noted for his portraits and cityscapes of London (7) |
| MAT | Non-gloss used occasionally for impasto |
| MATS | Ignoring the odds, impastos make thick coverings (4) |
| SMITHFIELD | Area in the City of London noted for its meat market (10) |
| OILPAINTS | Impasto's thick layers, often |
| SOHO | Part of London noted for its theatres and nightclubs |
| EYSENCK | Hans ?, Berlin-born British psychologist whose works include 1985's Decline and Fall of the Freudian Empire |
| LAUNCHES | What the Queen does perhaps with a bottle of bubbly: has a meal including head of asparagus (8) |
| GUSTAVKLIMT | This Austrian painter was the founder of the school of painting known as the Vienna Sezession. His painting Adele Bloch-Bauer II (1912) was bought by Oprah Winfrey at a 2006 auction for $87.9 million; |
| GREATS | The final honours examinations of the School of Literae Humaniores or of Modern Philosophy at Oxford University |
| HOGWARTS | What is the name of the school of witchcraft and wizardry in the Harry Potter stories? (8) |
| FREUD | Lucian, Berlin-born British painter whose works include 1952's Portrait of John Minton (5) |
| THEORETIC | The common soldiers and so on including head of infantry as a hypothesis |
| EARLS | ____ Court, area of west London noted for its exhibition centre that closed in 2014 (5) |
| SODA | Leaders of the School of Dramatic Arts could weaken the spirit (4) |
| HAMMERSMITH | District of West London noted for its Apollo theatre |
| HARLEYSTREET | Road in London noted for its specialists in medicine and surgery (6,6) |
| SAVILE | ____ Row, street in London noted for its traditional men's bespoke tailoring (6) |
| EDGWARE | ____ Road, street in central and north London noted for its Middle Eastern restaurants (7) |
