| SCHEHEREZADE | 1888 symphonic poem by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov based on the story collection One Thousand and One Ni |
| SCHEHERAZADE | 1888 symphonic poem by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov based on the story collection One Thousand and One Nights (12) |
| DOLLAR | If you're holding three quarters, one nickel, one dime and ten pennies, how much money do you have in your hand? |
| MINIATURE | Small adult pockets one nickel (9) |
| MINIATURES | Develops without one nickel for paintings (10) |
| PRINCEIGOR | Unfinished opera by Alexander Borodin completed by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and Alexander Glazunov (6 |
| TSAR | The Tale of ___ Saltan, opera by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (4) |
| BUMBLEBEE | Flight Of The ---, orchestral interlude by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (9) |
| BEE | Insect whose flight is musically portrayed in a composition by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (3) |
| SADKO | Opera by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov about a Novgorod minstrel that premiered in 1898 (5) |
| BEES | Insects depicted in a musical piece by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (4) |
| THEBUMBLEBEE | Flight Of ___, orchestral interlude by the Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (3,6,3) |
| OPERA | Christmas Eve is one by Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-korsakov |
| AHEROSLIFE | English name of Ein Heldenleben, the 1898 symphonic poem by Richard Strauss (1,5,4) |
| THESORCERERS | and 6dn, 1897 symphonic poem by Paul Dukas |
| RIMSKYKORSAKOV | Russian composer of the 1888 symphonic suite Scheherazade (6-8) |
| BABA | A witchlike character in Slavic folklore; subject of a symphonic poem by Anatoly Lyadov |
| YAGA | see 26ac, A witchlike character in Slavic folklore; subject of a symphonic poem by Anatoly Lyadov |
| ANTIQUARIAN | One arriving in February perhaps bearing book collection - one for him? |
| SEPTET | Record by tenor included in collection - one of seven (6) |