| NELUMBO | Cross about Beyeler's principal, not one framing Water Lilies (7) |
| GRAFFITI | Tennis player, one framing suitable wall decoration (8) |
| REMAINSOFTHEDAY | Book about principal, not a strong head maybe, yet beginning (7,2,3,3) |
| HEADLESS | Principal not so decapitated (8) |
| LOTUSES | Method of choice employs water lilies (7) |
| GIVERNY | French country village home to Claude Monet for 43 years in a pink house surrounded by flower gardens where he painted his Water Lilies series (7) |
| POND | Body of water where water lilies grow |
| LOTUSEATER | One enjoying luxuries of life consuming water lilies (5-5) |
| MONETS | "Sunrise" and "Water Lilies", e.g. |
| CLAUDEMONET | "Water Lilies Giverny #3" (1907) painter |
| MONETWORK | What a fan of water lilies might buy? |
| MONET | Claude ---, French Impressionist artist famous for his paintings of water lilies (5) |
| MET | Where Monet's "Bridge Over a Pond of Water Lilies" is housed, with "the" |
| NYMPHAEA | Genus of aquatic plants commonly known as water lilies (8) |
| ART | Monet's 'Water Lilies,' e.g. |
| MARSHMADNESS | Annual wetlands tournament involving cattails and water lilies, casually? |
| LOTUSEXPOSITION | World fair showcasing exotic water lilies? |
| LEGO | What Ai WeiWei used to recreate Monet's water lilies (4) |
| EMOTIONALMOMENT | What MoMA's "Water Lilies" (1914-26) display provides for some, perhaps? |
| WEIWEI | Ai ___, artist who used 650,000 Lego bricks to recreate Monet's Water Lilies |
