| ALEKO | 1892 Sergei Rachmaninoff opera after Alexander Pushkin's poem The Gypsies |
| AMIEL | ___ Gladstone and Veda Hille (Canadian co-writers of the musical Onegin, a rockingly fresh adaptation of Alexander Pushkin's 19thcentury Russian story) |
| 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) |
| NORTHMACEDONIA | This country in Eastern Europe angered Greece by renaming its largest airport in 2006 after Alexander the Great, a hero claimed by both countries; the name change was reversed in 2018 |
| PTOLEMY | Ruler of Egypt after Alexander the Great's death in 323 B.C. (7) |
| PETULENGRO | Surname of the horse trader, violinist, businessman, writer and broadcaster known as the "King of the Gypsies" |
| ANTIOCH | Orontes river city founded just after Alexander the Great's death - its ruins lie in modern-day Turk |
| ROSSI | No American has driven in Formula one after Alexander ... in 2015. (5) |
| BEL | Sound unit named after Alexander Graham |
| 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) |
| POPE | Word before or after Alexander |
