| SCALA | La _; Milan opera house (5) |
| INTER | _ _ _ _ _ Milan, common name of the football team which shares the San Siro Stadium with AC Milan (5) |
| ALLA | Teatro ___ Scala aka La Scala (Milan opera house) |
| LASCALA | Milan opera house which opened in 1778 (2,5) |
| TEATRO | -- alla Scala (Milan opera house) |
| SERA | "Corriere della ___" (Milan pape |
| SIRO | San ___, Milan football stadium (4) |
| ALLEGRI | Massimiliano ___, Milan manager re-appointed in 2025 (7) |
| TIQ | LGBTQ+ activist ___ Milan (whose name contains two consecutive consonants in "LGBTQ+") |
| GRAZIE | Santa Maria delle ___ (Milan church where the mural at #11Down is located) |
| GOBBI | and 4ac, Italian baritone who produced and played the title role in Giuseppe Verdi opera Simon Boccanegra at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, in 1965 (4,5) |
| MILAN | La Scala opera house location |
| TEMPO | Maestro maintains this revolting work at opera house (5) |
| UTZON | Jorn ?, Danish architect who designed the Sydney Opera House (5) |
| MOTET | Work in American opera house keeping books (5) |
| TOSCA | Opera House regulars visit Canberra retreats (5) |
| OLSEN | Muralist whose Five Bells is in the Sydney Opera House, John ... (5) |
| KIROV | Drink first in opera-house, ahead of very famous ballet (5) |
| FOYER | A ferry has no right to circle this part of the Opera House (5) |
| BRAVO | Opera house exclamation |
