| HOLBEIN | Hans, court painter to King Henry VIII (7) |
| HAMPTON | Royal palace built for Cardinal Thomas Wolsey and later given to King Henry VIII (7,5) |
| KNELLER | Godfrey - - -, leading portraitist of the late 17th and early 18th Centuries, court painter to monarchs from Charles II to George I (7) |
| TENIERS | Noted for his Brouwer-like depictions of peasants in taverns, court painter to Leopold Wilhelm of Austria, who was also the custodian of said archduke's art gallery (7) |
| MONTJOY | Who comes to King Henry V to report from the French court? |
| VANDYCK | Sir Anthony ___, Flemish artist who was court painter to Charles I of England |
| CROMWELL | Thomas ___, lawyer who served as chief minister to King Henry VIII from 1534 to 1540 (8) |
| COURT | Royal palace built for Cardinal Thomas Wolsey and later given to King Henry VIII (7,5) |
| DEFENDER | Title given by Pope Leo X to King Henry VIII and held by British monarchs ever since (8,2,3,5) |
| THOMASCROMWELL | Adviser to King Henry VIII; the protagonist of Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall novels (6,8) |
| RAEBURN | Portrait painter who was appointed King George IV's Scottish court painter in 1823 (7) |
| SEYMOUR | Jane, third wife of King Henry VIII and mother of King Edward VI (7) |
| JUDELAW | The Holiday star who played King Henry VIII in Firebrand (4,3) |
| CHARLES | King Henry VIII and his favourite wife are buried with this other unexpected royal |
| GOYA | Francisco ---, Spanish painter and printmaker, a court painter to the Spanish Crown (4) |
| WILKIE | David, Scottish genre and portrait painter and court painter to William IV (6) |
| ISABEY | Jean, French portrait painter and miniaturist who was a court painter to Napoleon (6) |
| ANTHONYVAN | Flemish artist who was court painter to Charles I of England from 1632-41 (7,3) |
| LELY | Principal court painter to Charles II who created the Windsor Beauties (4) |
| LEBRUN | Court painter to Louis XIV who decorated the Hall of Mirrors in the Palace of Versailles (2,4) |
