| OPERETTA | Amusing musical drama (8) |
| OKLAHOMA | US State and musical drama (8) |
| OPERATIC | Connected with musical drama (8) |
| ORATORIO | Religious musical drama, unstaged (8) |
| OPERATED | Following musical drama, Ted performed surgery (8) |
| OPERATOR | Worker adding height to musical drama (8) |
| LIBRETTO | Script of a musical drama (8) |
| OPERABLE | Musical drama, "Alien Corn", can be made to work (8) |
| ORATARIO | One who talks one round to composing musical drama (8) |
| OPERETTE | Form of musical drama with notable composers including Jacques Offenbach, Franz Lehr and Arthur Sullivan (8) |
| LIPSTICK | - on Your Collar ; musical drama series by Dennis Potter (8) |
| RHAPSODY | 1954 musical-drama film starring Elizabeth Taylor and Vittorio Gassman (8) |
| GREATEST | Hugh Jackman musical drama, The ___ Showman |
| LALALAND | Musical drama starring Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling (2,2,4) |
| ARISBORN | Musical drama filmed in 1937, 1954, 1976 and 2018 |
| NOHOPER | Drama, musical drama, mostly unsuccessful type (2-5) |
| REXHARRISON | Oscar-winning star of the 1964 musical drama film My Fair Lady (3,8) |
| ROYSCHEIDER | Oscar-nominated star of the 1979 musical drama film All That Jazz (3,8) |
| NOH | Japanese musical drama style |
| SOY | Musical drama |
