Crossword Clues "W"
Painter Selfies
The "LL" You Say
Stars on the Nation's Flag
4 Letters, Ends in "Y"
100

Japanese horseradish
(6 letters)

Wasabi

100

Completed in 1888, his oil-on-canvas "Self-Portrait as a Painter" shows him with at least one of his ears

Van Gogh

100

When addressing your local archbishop, you might refer to him as "Your Grace" or "Your" this other honorific

Your excellency 

100

The 12 stars on Uzbekistan's flag represent this group of 12, a reminder of the nation's history as a center of astrology

The zodiac

100

It's the birthstone for July

Ruby

200

"Blemish"ed word for one who's overanxious
(9 letters)

Worrywart

200

Before taking off for Tahiti, he painted "The Yellow Christ" & "Portrait of the Artist with the Yellow Christ"

Gauguin

200

Also known as birling, this outdoor sport requires good balance & is especially enjoyed by lumberjacks

Logrolling

200

In 1903 this Central Amer. country signed a treaty giving the U.S. control of a zone; it adopted a red, white & blue starry flag in 1904

Panama

200

Intrusively inquisitive

Nosy

300

Hershey candy bar, or nonspecific object
(15 letters)

The Whatchamacallit bar

300

In 1960 his triple-selfie graced the cover of the Saturday Evening Post

Norman Rockwell

300

This large bird of Africa & Asia takes its name from its prominent beak, often topped by a hollow chamber called a casque

The hornbill

300

In the center of the flag of Dominica are 10 lime green stars surrounding one of these raucous tropical avians native to that isle

Parrots

300

The word for this type of small flat-bottomed vessel with high sides & a sharp prow can also refer to a variety of fish


Dory

400

Facing a gale, or a group of islands
(8 letters)

Windward

400

A self-portrait helped make Judith Leyster the woman master in Haarlem's painters' version of this group of craftsmen

The painters' guild

400

It's an artwork that immerses the viewer in an environment, such as Damien Hirst's "Earth, Air, Fire, Water"

An installation

400

Like several of its neighbors, Papua New Guinea's flag has stars in the shape of this constellation

The southern cross

400

To see or predict the future by gazing at a crystal ball

Scry

500

German for a travel urge (10 letters)

Wanderlust

500

The 1984 "Self-Portrait" by this New York painter inspired by graffiti has been exhibited at the Guggenheim Bilbao

Basquiat

500

It's a minor fault or quirk, from the diminutive of a Spanish word for "sin"

Peccadillo

500

China's flag's 4 small stars stood for peasants, the petty bourgeoisie, patriotic capitalists & this manual labor class

The proletariat 

500

This ancient scholar wrote a 142-volume history of Rome that includes accounts of the battles against Hannibal

Livy

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