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