| MAOTSETUNG | Character in John Adams' opera "Nixon in China" |
| CHINA | Adams opera, "Nixon in ___" |
| OPERAROLE | Nixon, in John Adams' "Nixon in China" |
| ENLAI | Baritone Chou in the opera "Nixon in China" |
| MAO | Tenor role in the opera "Nixon in China" |
| ARIA | "This is prophetic," from the opera "Nixon in China," e.g. |
| JOHNADAMS | US composer whose works include the string septet Shaker Loops (1978) and the opera Nixon in China (1987) (4,5) |
| NIXON | "__ in China": John Adams opera |
| PATNIXON | She sings the aria "This is prophetic," in a John Adams opera about a diplomatic trip to China |
| OPERA | What form is John Adams' Nixon in China (1987) |
| EARP | Historical character in John Ford's "My Darling Clementine" |
| ARCHIE | ___ Rice, central character in John Osborne's play The Entertainer (6) |
| FLEUR | -- Forsyte, a character in John Galsworthy's 'The Forsyte Saga' (5) |
| NOAH | -- Joad, character in John Steinbeck's novel 'The Grapes of Wrath' (4) |
| LARCH | Wilbur, character in John Irving's The Cider House Rules (5) |
| RICE | Archie, central character in John Osborne's play The Entertainer (4) |
| WELLS | Homer, character in John Irving's novel The Cider House Rules (5) |
| SMILEY | Central character in John le Carr's novel The Honourable Schoolboy (6) |
| GEORGE | Central character in John le Carr's novel The Honourable Schoolboy (6) |
| JOHN | and 6dn, Personification of England, from the name of a character in John Arbuthnot's 1712 pamphlet Law is a Bottomless Pit |
