| ARTSANDCRAFTS | Movement devoted to the creation and decoration by hand of useful objects |
| HAREKRISHNA | Colloquial name for a religious movement devoted to a form of Hinduism, founded in New York in 1966 (4,7) |
| RAVENNA | This city in northeastern Italy was the capital of the Roman Empire in the 5th century CE. Its Church of San Vitale is one of the finest examples of Byzantine architecture and decoration in western Eu |
| JOSEPH | and 28dn, Austrian composer who wrote the oratorios The Creation and The Seasons |
| DBMS | A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database. |
| HAYDN | see 2dn, Austrian composer who wrote the oratorios The Creation and The Seasons |
| DUMBARTONOAKS | Historic estate in Washington, DC that was the scene of conferences in 1944 that led to the creation of the United Nations (9,4) |
| MAASTRICHT | Dutch city associated with a treaty that led to the creation of the European Union and the Euro |
| CHIROPODY | Field of health care devoted to the study and treatment of disorders of the foot |
| BIGBANG | Cosmology... The what led to the creation of the Universe?: 2 wds. |
| INITIAL | "Love - is anterior to Life - / Posterior - to Death - / ____ of Creation, and / The Exponent of Earth" (Emily Dickinson) |
| MEDDLE | Interfere with the decoration, by the sound of it (6) |
| FREEZE | Don't move a horizontal bit of decoration, by the sound of it (6) |
| ASWANDAM | The engineering feat that led to the creation of Lake Nasser? (5,3) |
| INSIDEOUT | Reversed, in a way ... and a hint to the creation of five puzzle answers |
| GREMLINS | 1984 comedy horror film that contributed to the creation of the PG-13 rating |
| THEELEPHANTMAN | 1980 film that led to the creation of the Academy Award for Best Makeup |
| ORATORIOS | Haydn's "The Creation" and others |
| ROCOCO | Name a style of art, architecture and decoration of the 18th century (6) |
| PLAIN | Tree without decoration by the sound of it (5) |
