| ARMA | "___ virumque cano" (opening words of the Aeneid) |
| CREDO | From the opening words of the Apostles' statement of Christian principles, "I believe", a term for a canon, doctrine or other set of beliefs (5) |
| RONDEAU | A poem consisting of 13 or 10 lines with two rhymes, with the opening words of the first line used as an unrhymed refrain |
| TRYTO | Opening words of the Beatles' "We Can Work It Out" |
| OVER | Opening word of 'The Caisson Song' |
| APRIL | Opening word of "The Waste Land" |
| MISERERE | Opening word of the 51st psalm in Latin |
| CANO | Third word of the Aeneid, I sing |
| ERATO | Muse of love poetry in Greek mythology, invoked by Virgil at the beginning of book 7 of the Aeneid (5) |
| JUNO | Goddess named in the opening of the "Aeneid" |
| ARMSANDTHEMAN | Play by George Bernard Shaw, set during the 1885 Serbo-Bulgarian War, whose title comes from the opening words of Virgil's Aeneid |
| OKING | Approving of the opening words of Ode to Charles? (5) |
| VIRGILIAN | See Irish girl's sound description of the Aeneid |
| VIRGIL | Author of the Aeneid |
| ADANO | "Invasion had come to the town of ___" (opening words of a 1944 novel) |
| MUSICHATHCHARMS | 1935 film; the opening words of William Congreve's play The Mourning Bride (5,4,6) |
| THEBEST | The opening words of A Tale of Two Cities (2,3,3,4,2,5) |
| OFTIMES | The opening words of A Tale of Two Cities (2,3,3,4,2,5) |
| ITWAS | The opening words of A Tale of Two Cities (2,3,3,4,2,5) |
| ARMS | Comedy play by George Bernard Shaw whose title comes from the opening words of Virgil's Aeneid (4,3,3,3) |
