| STRADELLA | Alessandro ___, composer of 1679 opera Il Trespolo tutore (9) |
| VERDI | Giuseppe, composer of the opera Il Trovatore (5) |
| LEONORA | Noble lady who is the heroine of Verdi's opera Il Trovatore (7) |
| GAMBERINI | Alessandro ___, Chievo, Verona and former Italy defender (9) |
| HINDEMITH | Paul ___, composer of the 1929 opera News of the Day (9) |
| MORRICONE | Ennio ____, composer of Chi Mai |
| ZELENKA | Jan Dismas, Baroque composer born in Bohemia in 1679 (7) |
| TRENTON | State capital of New Jersey, founded by English Quakers in 1679 (7) |
| VOLTA | Inventor of the battery, Alessandro ___, after whom a unit of electric force is named (5) |
| PURCELL | Henry -; composer who wrote Dido and Aeneas and was the organist for Westminster Abbey from 1679-95 (7) |
| STELLENBOSCH | University town in South Africa (pop about 150,000), founded in 1679 (12) |
| CAVALIER | _ Parliament, the longest English parliament, lasting from May 1661 until January 1679 (8) |
| NANNINI | Alessandro ___, 1986-90 F1 driver; 1989 Japanese GP winner (7) |
| NESTA | Alessandro ___, Lazio, AC Milan and Italy defender (5) |
| DELPIERO | Alessandro ___, 1995-2008 Italy and 1993-2012 Juventus striker (3,5) |
| STEEN | Dutch master (1626-1679) |
| WEILL | Kurt ___, composer of 1930 opera Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (5) |
| TCHAIKOVSKY | Pyotr Ilyich ___, composer of 1890 opera The Queen of Spades (11) |
| PERI | Jacopo ___, composer of the earliest surviving opera |
| COPLAND | Aaron ___, composer of 1954 opera The Tender Land (7) |
