| MARIACALLAS | American-born soprano, hailed as La Divina (5,6) |
| CALLAS | Maria ---, American-born soprano; renowned 20thCentury opera singer (6) |
| MARIA | Miss Callas, American-born soprano who died in 1977 (5) |
| CAS | Singer known as La Divina |
| JOANHAMMOND | New Zealand-born soprano, violinist and golfer who died in 1996 |
| LAVIEENROSE | 2007 biopic of Edith Piaf starring Marion Cotillard also known as La Mome |
| INFERNO | Understand no part of La Divina Commedia (7) |
| DANTE | La divina commedia poet |
| TERZARIMA | Form of iambic verse, as in Dante's "Divina Commedia" |
| SCREAMINGMEEMIE | Hysteric, overstretched soprano heard as La Boheme? (9,6) |
| SUTHERLAND | Dame Joan _, Australian operatic soprano who was known as "La Stupenda" (10) |
| PERU | Country where Machu Picchu can be found; local resident Melchor Arteaga led an American scholar there on July 24, 1911, which was once hailed as the date when these ruins were "discovered" |
| KIRI | New Zealand-born soprano Te Kanawa |
| MEASHA | Fredericton-born soprano Ms. Brueggergosman |
| TEKANAWA | Kiri --- ---, New Zealand born soprano |
| WESTENRA | New Zealand-born soprano, Hayley _ (8) |
| HAMMOND | Joan ?, New Zealand-born soprano, violinist and golfer who died in 1996 |
| LESLEYGARRETT | Yorkshire-born soprano (6,7) |
| MADISON | *Hailed as the "Father of the Constitution" |
| PHOTONS | French-born soprano's written about radioactive particles in physics (7) |
