| OPERETTAS | "The Mikado" and others |
| SULLIVAN | Gilbert and _, Victorian-era theatre duo whose comic operas include The Mikado and The Pirates of Penzance (8) |
| GILBERT | He wrote the lyrics for Sullivan's music producing such light opera hits as The Mikado and HMS Pinaf |
| ORIENTAL | Like the Mikado and Nanki-Poo |
| POOHBAH | The Lord-High-Everything-Else in the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta The Mikado (4-3) |
| KOKO | The Lord High Executioner of Titipu in the 1885 Gilbert and Sullivan operetta The Mikado (2-2) |
| NANKIPOO | Who was the son of the Mikado in the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta? (5-3) |
| BASS | *The Mikado in "The Mikado," e.g. |
| TITIPU | "The Town of ___", alternative title of The Mikado by Gilbert and Sullivan (6) |
| TRALA | "The flowers that bloom in the spring, ____, breathe promise of merry sunshine" ("The Mikado" lyric) |
| WHOSE | 'The Sun, ___ Rays' (song from 'The Mikado') |
| OPERETTA | The Mikado or The Gondoliers, say (8) |
| HEM | The border of a garment in The Mikado |
| ALTO | The role of Katisha in "The Mikado," traditionally |
| MAIDS | Yum-Yum, Peep-Bo and Pitti-Sing in "The Mikado" |
| KIMONO | Turns up in the middle of The Mikado broadcast from Osaka first - that will suit Mrs Fujimoto, for o |
| YUMYUM | In The Mikado, who is sister to Pitti-Sing and Peep-Bo? (3-3) |
| RUDDIGORE | Gilbert and Sullivan's follow-up to "The Mikado" |
| GLOVES | Covers the hand when affection is shown between makers of The Mikado (6) |
| LIGHTOPERA | "The Mikado," e.g. (... first 2 letters + the last 2) |
