| PLACIDO | Colleague of Luciano and Jose |
| JOSE | Cohort of Luciano and Placido |
| IFYOUWRITE | Start of a remark by Ron Luciano and David Fisher |
| RONS | Umpire Luciano and others |
| THREE | and 15ac, The - operatic singing group that comprised Luciano Pavarotti Placido Domingo and Jose Carreras |
| TENOR | Vocal range of Luciano Pavarotti |
| POCO | Little of Luciano? (4) |
| MODENA | Italian university city, birthplace of Luciano Pavarotti (6) |
| THREETENORS | The ?, operatic singing group that comprised Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo and Jose Carreras |
| TENORS | The -, operatic singing group that comprised Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo and Jose Carreras (5,6) |
| ADDIO | Song by Francesco Paolo Tosti covered by Enrico Caruso, and as Good-bye by John McCormack, Richard Tauber and Jose Carreras |
| CASTROS | Political leaders Fidel and Jose Maria |
| LUCIANO | Tenor who toured with Placido and Jose |
| CHESS | Board game associated with Mikhail Botvinnik and Jose Capablanca |
| STEROIDS | Banned drugs that got Alex Rodriguez and Jose Canseco in trouble |
| EASTTIMOR | 1996 winners Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo and Jose Ramos-Horta won the Prize for their efforts towards a peaceful solution to end the conflict in this South East Asian country (4,5) |
| LANSKY | Cohort of Siegel and Luciano |
| THETHREE | Operatic trio featuring Jose Carreras. Placido Domingo and Luciano Pavarotti (3,5,6) |
| BERIO | Luciano, Italian composer of the 1960 work Circles (5) |
| SAL | Actual first name of Lucky Luciano |
