| PABLOPICASSO | Spanish painter born in 1881 who had Blue and Rose periods before becoming a leading Cubist (5,7) |
| DAMSELINDISTRESS | Heading away from States I had blue and white flowers, keen to raise saving target |
| LEGER | Fernand, French painter born in 1881 considered a forerunner of pop art (5) |
| PICASSOPHASES | Blue "." and Rose "." |
| BUGATTI | Ettore, Italian car manufacturer born in Brescia in 1881 who died in 1947 (7) |
| DOYLYCARTE | In 1881, who (Richard ___ ___) built the Savoy Theatre in London as a permanent home for Gilbert and Sullivan's work? (5,5) |
| BUILDTHEWALL | One of those across the top had blue twill pants |
| PICASSO | Which painter had a blue period and a rose period? (7) |
| ELGRECO | Spanish painter born in Crete in 1541 (2,5) |
| ODDCOUPLE | It was a Broadway play and then a movie before becoming a popular sitcom, with The: 2 wds. |
| GRECO | El ... Spanish painter born in Greece |
| BETTYTHOMAS | Emmy-award winning actress who played Lucy Bates in Hill Street Blues before becoming a film director (5,6) |
| LANGMUIR | Irving, Nobel Prize-winning U.S. chemist and engineer born in 1881 (8) |
| SUSANTULLY | ____ played Michelle Fowler in EastEnders before becoming a TV producer and director |
| BARTOK | Bela, Hungarian composer born in 1881 noted for the national flavour of his musical works (6) |
| AMPERE | He was a politician before becoming a famous physicist |
| CHRYSALIS | A caterpillar turns into this before becoming a butterfly (9) |
| ATATURK | Military officer born 1881 who became first President of Turkey (7) |
| BUILD | One of those across the top had blue twill pants (5,3,4) |
| THEWALL | One of those across the top had blue twill pants (5,3,4) |
