| ALEKO | 1892 Sergei Rachmaninoff opera after Aleksander Pushkin's poem The Gypsies |
| THEBELLS | Choral symphony by Sergei Rachmaninoff based on a poem of the same name by Edgar Allan Poe (3,5) |
| MAZEPPA | Tchaikovsky opera based on Pushkin's poem Poltava (7) |
| PETULENGRO | Surname of the horse trader, violinist, businessman, writer and broadcaster known as the "King of the Gypsies" |
| MAGICFLUTE | Instrument in opera, after publication, I compare with another (5,5) |
| DONCARLOS | Opera after adapting initially recorded on CD also |
| ALBERTHERRING | Benjamin Britten opera after a story by Maupassant (6,7) |
| ENESCO | Composer of overture to opera after theatrical scene? (6) |
| OTELLO | Verdi's next opera after "Aida" |
| MANON | 1893 Puccini opera after a novel by Abby Provost (5,7) |
| LESCAUT | 1893 Puccini opera after a novel by Abby Provost (5,7) |
| FLAMENCO | Traditional song and dance of the gypsies |
| ROMANIES | Some rain upset the gypsies (8) |
| SERBIAN | Nemanja Matic, Aleksander Kolarov or Nemanja Vidic, for example (7) |
| UEFA | Its President is Aleksander Ceferin. (1,1,1,1) |
| LESUN | Aleksander ..... , 2016 Olympics modern pentathlon gold medallist (5) |
| CEFERIN | Aleksander ....... , UEFA president since 2016 (7) |
| EUGENEONEGIN | Tchaikovsky opera after Pushkin |
| LATHERING | Putting on soap operas after US city (9) |
| ROMANI | Of the Gypsies |
