| ROUAULT | Which French expressionist created the designs for Diaghilev's ballet The Prodigal Son (1929) |
| BAKST | Artist who designed costumes and sets for Diaghilev's Ballets Russes (5) |
| LEONBAKST | Russian painter who designed the decor and costumes for numerous productions of Diaghilev's Ballet Russe |
| SINGE | Burn the designs for interior renovation (5) |
| FAUVISM | French expressionist style of painting associated with Matisse, Braque and Dufy (7) |
| SOUTINE | Chaim . . . (French expressionist painter) (7) |
| RETURNFARE | Fatted calf was just the ticket for the prodigal son (6,4) |
| BULLBULLOFJESUS | "The Good Samaritan" and "The Prodigal Son," for example |
| FATTEDCALF | A symbol of festive celebration and rejoicing, deriving from the parable of the Prodigal Son in the New Testament (6,4) |
| PARABLE | Moral tale, such as the story of the prodigal son (7) |
| COMEHOME | What the Prodigal Son could do to show up The House (4,4) |
| HOMEWARDBOUND | Describes the destiny of the Prodigal Son to Medical Examiner taken in by Howard Spring (8-5) |
| HOMECOMING | What The Prodigal Son might be looking for in accommodation is imminent (10) |
| LUKE | Gospel that includes the parable of the Prodigal Son |
| STY | Where the Prodigal Son saw the light |
| STLUKE | He wrote of the prodigal son |
| PARABLES | "The Prodigal Son" and others |
| CALF | Dinner serving in the Prodigal Son parable |
| CHAINMAIL | Known to the Romans as lorica hamata, mesh-like armour worn by medieval knights and soldiers derived from the designs of the Celts (5,4) |
| NIJINSKY | Russian ballet dancer and choreographer who joined Diaghilev's Ballets Russes in 1909 (8) |
