| ALBERTHERRING | 1947 opera by Benjamin Britten |
| ALBERTH | 1947 opera by Benjamin Britten |
| ALBERT | 1947 opera by Benjamin Britten (6,7) |
| HERRING | 1947 opera by Benjamin Britten (6,7) |
| KURTWEILL | Composer of the 1947 opera Street Scene (4,5) |
| WEILL | Kurt, composer of the 1947 opera Street Scene (5) |
| BUDD | Billy ___ , sailor created by Herman Melville, later the title character in an opera by Benjamin Britten (4) |
| OWENWINGRAVE | Opera by Benjamin Britten based on a work by Henry James (4,8) |
| BILLYBUDD | Opera by Benjamin Britten based on a story by Herman Melville (5,4) |
| PETERGRIMES | 1945 opera by Benjamin Britten (5,6) |
| GLORIANA | 1953 opera by Benjamin Britten (8) |
| LUCRETIA | 'The Rape of --', opera by Benjamin Britten (8) |
| PETER | '-- Grimes', opera by Benjamin Britten (5) |
| GRIMES | 'Peter -', opera by Benjamin Britten (6) |
| CRABBE | Poet whose character Peter Grimes in The Borough inspired an opera by Benjamin Britten (6) |
| THERAPEOFLUCRETIA | Opera by Benjamin Britten, written for Kathleen Ferrier (3,4,2,8) |
| NOYESFLUDDE | 1958 opera by Benjamin Britten adapted from the Chester miracle play (5,6) |
| THEPRODUGALSON | 1968 opera by Benjamin Britten based on a parable in the Gospel of Luke (3,8,3) |
| ILLUMINATIONS | 'The ---', song-cycle by Benjamin Britten based on poems by Arthur Rimbaud (13) |
| LESILLUMINATIONS | Song cycle by Benjamin Britten which are settings of verse and prose poems by Rimbaud (3,13) |