| SUSANNA | Oratorio by George Frideric Handel based on a woman in the Book of Daniel (7) |
| NAOMI | Woman in the Book of Ruth |
| EVE | Woman in the Book of Genesis |
| MESSIAH | Oratorio by George Frideric Handel noted for its 'Hallelujah' chorus, premiered in 1742 (7) |
| RODRIGO | 1707 opera by George Frideric Handel about the last Visigoth king of Spain (710-11 BC) (7) |
| SACKBUT | The ____ is anachronistically included in a list of musical instruments in the King James Bible's book of Daniel |
| TANNERY | Essay about a woman in the workplace (7) |
| CORSAGE | Spray of flowers on a woman's dress (7) |
| WATERMUSIC | Collection of pieces by George Frideric Handel that premiered in 1717 (5,5) |
| AGRIPPINA | 1709 opera by George Frideric Handel about the mother of Nero (9) |
| ZADOKTHEPRIEST | 1727 work; first of the four Coronation Anthems by George Frideric Handel |
| THEPRIEST | 1727 work; first of the four Coronation Anthems by George Frideric Handel (5,3,6) |
| ZADOK | 1727 work; first of the four Coronation Anthems by George Frideric Handel (5,3,6) |
| FIREWORKS | Music for the Royal -; suite composed by George Frideric Handel (9) |
| ABEDNEGO | In the Book of Daniel, one of three men thrown into a fiery pit for refusing to bow to an image of the king of Babylon (8) |
| DEIDAMIA | 1741 opera by George Frideric Handel (8) |
| ANCIENTOFDAYS | Designation of God, as in the Book of Daniel (7,2,4) |
| SHADRACH | One of three men who, in the Book of Daniel, emerge unscathed from a fiery pit (8) |
| LIONS | Threats to Daniel, in the Book of Daniel |
| THEMESSIAH | George Frideric Handel oratorio |