| AOSDANA | What is the name of the Arts Council's association of up to 250 Irish creative artists? (7) |
| AOSD | What is the name of the Arts Council's affiliation of up to 250 Irish creative artists? (7) |
| WILLIAMREESMOGG | Former editor of The Times, 1967-81, later chairman of the Arts Council |
| MORRIS | Craftsman who collaborated on his "Red House" with friend Philip Webb and whose daughter, May, co-founded the exhibition society that inspired the name of the Arts and Crafts Movement (6) |
| RESTRAIN | Check on upcoming Northern Irish creative activities (8) |
| SEROTA | Nicholas ---, former director of the Tate, now chairman of Arts Council England |
| BAROCCO | Italian name of the art style which replaced Mannerism as Europe's dominant one, around 1600 |
| NAC | National Arts Council (3) |
| PLOVER | Bird related to the lapwing whose golden species flying at speeds of up to 60mph was the inspiration for what was originally called The Guinness Book of Records (6) |
| DHOLE | Also called the "red dog," this wild Asian canine is found in central and southeastern wooded areas where it hunts in packs of up to 30. It is distinguished structurally by the lack of one pair of low |
| SPICULE | Brief ejection of hot dense gas from the outer layer (chromosphere) of the Sun, able to reach heights of up to 6000 miles (7) |
| COPYRIGHT | Intellectual property law that gives creative artists exclusive control of their work |
| BOHO | Informally, socially unconventional in a way regarded as characteristic of creative artists (4) |
| BLUEWHALES | Growing to lengths of up to 150 feet, the largest known animals to have ever existed (4,6) |
| PEREGRINE | Reaching speeds of up to 200mph when stooping and most often found above sea cliffs, the UK's biggest species of falcon and the world's fastest bird (9) |
| IRIS | Genus of up to 300 species of plants with showy flowers, taking its name from the Greek word for a rainbow (4) |
| EAGLES | White-tailed -; with wingspans of up to 2.5 metres, the UK's largest birds of prey (6) |
| OSTRICH | Running at speeds of up to 45 mph, the world's largest bird, Latin name Struthio camelus (7) |
| TALENT | Roster for William Morris or Creative Artists |
| NEPTUNE | Planet with a storm or "Great Dark Spot" which is comparable in size to Earth and experiences wind speeds of up to 1,500 mph (7) |
