| PULCINELLA | Ballet with song in one act by Stravinsky, adapted from works by Pergolesi and others (10) |
| OEDIPUSREX | Opera oratorio in two acts by Stravinsky (7,3) |
| LILT | You might hear a children's song in one |
| LAVIEPARISIENNE | Pensive aria and line arranged from work by 8 (2,3,10) |
| DISREPAIR | Sidney comes back to spokesman with song in poor condition (9) |
| RELAY | Concerned with song in a race |
| BULGARIA | Almost swell out with song in the country |
| ORWELL | Covers torn from work by fine author (6) |
| OPERABUFFA | Italian comic opera such as La serva padrona by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (5,5) |
| PLAY | Stage play in one act by Samuel Beckett first performed in English in 1964 |
| NUTCRACKER | "The ...", two-act ballet with music by Tchaikovsky based on a fairy-tale (10) |
| GIANNISCHICCHI | Comic opera in one act by Giacomo Puccini based on an incident mentioned in Dante's Divine Comedy |
| BOLERO | Ballet in one act by Ravel (6) |
| CRIMEANWAR | Conflict arising from 15 act by Egyptian leader (Christian) (7,3) |
| RANDOMWALK | Act by ministry rejected in row, so no meaningful pattern here |
| LAMENTABLE | Awful ballet with name cast (10) |
| VARNISHING | Follower ultimately impressed by disappearing act by carpenter? |
| RITEOF | and 24 "The ...... ...", ballet with music by Stravinsky first performed in 1913 (4,2,6) |
| PERPETRATE | Act by means of preferred estimate |
| FIREBIRD | 'The ---', one-act ballet by Stravinsky with choreography by Fokine (8) |
