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 Brian Greer
 
        NY Times, Sun, Nov 07, 2004 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
        18-Down : Quiet Muscovite painter's kind of blue (8)
        
            Author:
Brian Greer
            Editor:
Will Shortz
         
        Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 34, Blocks: 63
     
    
	
        
            
	
            
            
		
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            © 2004, The New York Times
         
        
    
 
    
	
        
		
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Composed page on art in support of artists, say (9) : 
PATRONAGE6
Painter of older generation, leader of liberation movement (5) : 
MOSES9
Doré cut loose, tried to draw passionately (7) : 
COURTED10
Lawmaker interfering with one's art (7) : 
SENATOR11
Second hit secured by fab group of artists (6) : 
SCHOOL12
Left gold inside barrier in old art center (8) : 
FLORENCE14
Remove old American artist's final piece (4) : 
OUST15
Means of defense shown in military paintings? (7,3) : 
MARTIALART19
Group of modern painters, some I put in camps (3,7) : 
POPARTISTS20
European artist's year in Indian state (4) : 
GOYA23
Aims pots haphazardly, producing thick layers of paint (8) : 
IMPASTOS26
Inexperienced youngster covering black with a blue (6) : 
COBALT28
Stain produced by end of crayon in his art, unfortunately (7) : 
TARNISH29
Artistic movement's platform embraced by mother (7) : 
DADAISM30
Sculptor has bar at home (5) : 
RODIN31
Bad term without kind old master (9) : 
REMBRANDT 
        
	 
        
		
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Spanish artist's photo, like so (7) : 
PICASSO2
Lightly restores as painting in cartouche, supposedly (7,2) : 
TOUCHESUP3
Nothing but wild animal put on canvas, perhaps (6) : 
OUTBOX4
Warhol, a leader of disciples in New York (4) : 
ANDY5
Moderate to large support for painter's work (5) : 
EASEL6
Modern master Norm and I frantically exhibited (8) : 
MONDRIAN7
Posed for portrait on fashionable shiny fabric (5) : 
SATIN8
Constable's superior for Brits, we hear? American painter (7) : 
SARGENT13
Aid scattered around El Salvador among artists (4) : 
DALI16
Time consumed in London gallery (4) : 
TATE17
With difficulty share response of magi shown by Rubens (9) : 
ADORATION18
Quiet Muscovite painter's kind of blue (8) : 
PRUSSIAN19
Note rip in new composition - so get needle (7) : 
POINTER21
It offers a selection of courses, from Watteau to Matisse (7) : 
AUTOMAT22
Buyer's opening bid for marginally ornamental design (6) : 
BORDER24
Removed excess of paint, firstly a primary color (5) : 
PARED25
Mixing this pigment could become chore (5) : 
OCHER27
One getting first view of female nude from a barrier (4) : 
ADAM 
        
	 
    
 
    
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