| FRANCK | Belgian-born composer of the 1889 String Quartet in D (6) |
| ADAGIO | "for Strings; a movement forming Samuel Barbers String Quartet in B minor, Op. 11 with modern adaptations by William Orbit and DJ Tiesto (6) |
| DONOVAN | Winner of the 1889 Epsom Derby (7) |
| HAGEN | Surname of the four Austrian siblings (Lukas, Angelika, Veronika and Clemens) who formed a string quartet in 1981 |
| HANDEL | German- born composer of the coronation anthem Zadok the Priest (6) |
| KRENEK | Ernst, 20th Century Vienna-born composer of the opera Jonny spielt auf (6) |
| STEFAN | Berlin-born composer of 1928 opera Zeus und Elida (6,5) |
| VARESE | Edgard, French-born composer of percussion piece Ionisation (6) |
| EIFFEL | _ Tower, Parisian monument erected for the 1889 Paris Exposition (6) |
| AUDREY | Belgian-born actress who starred in films including Roman Holiday and Breakfast At Tiffany's (6,7) |
| POIROT | Belgian-born sleuth |
| PAULHINDEMITH | German-born composer of the opera Mathis der Maler and the orchestral work Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber (4,9) |
| RIETI | Alexandria-born composer of the 1946 ballet La Sonnambula (5) |
| MARIUSCONSTANT | Romanian-born composer of the famously eerie theme |
| LEHAR | Hungarian-born composer of The Merry Widow (5) |
| BEFORE | Sounds like they'll form a quartet in advance (6) |
| TETRAD | Quartet in cassette trade scandal |
| STARRYNIGHT | The --- ---, 1889 painting by Vincent van Gogh, depicting the view from the window of his asylum room (6,5) |
| OFFENBACH | German-born composer of Orpheus in the Underworld |
| GONDOLIERS | The -, 1889 Savoy Opera by Gilbert and Sullivan subtitled The King of Barataria (10) |
