| GEORGESBIZET | Composer of 1875 opera Carmen: 2 wds. |
| BIZET | Georges ___, composer of 1875 opera Carmen |
| GEORGEBIZET | French composer of the opera Carmen: 2 wds. |
| HENRI | French composer of 1875 symphonic poem Lenore (5,6) |
| DUPARC | French composer of 1875 symphonic poem Lenore (5,6) |
| ECHOBURNING | 2001 novel by Lee Child in which Jack Reacher helps a woman named Carmen: 2 wds. |
| MERIMEE | Prosper ___ (b.1803 - d.1870) ...French author of the novella Carmen on which Bizet's samenamed 1875 opera is based |
| CARMEN | 1875 opera by the French composer Georges Bizet (6) |
| ESCAMILLO | Toreador loved by the titular heroine of the 1875 Georges Bizet opera Carmen (9) |
| TOREADOR | Profession of Escamillo in the opera Carmen (8) |
| SEVILLE | In which Spanish city is the opera Carmen set? (7) |
| TOREADORSONG | Aria from the opera Carmen by Georges Bizet (8,4) |
| HABANERA | Famous aria from the opera Carmen by Georges Bizet sometimes referred to as L'amour est un oiseau rebelle |
| LYTTON | 1st Baron -; title of the author of The Last Days of Pompeii whose son was appointed Viceroy of India in 1875 by friend Benjamin Disraeli (6) |
| GRIEG | Composer of the 1875 musical piece In the Hall of the Mountain King (5) |
| RAVEL | French composer of Daphnis et Chloe , born 1875 |
| TRIALBYJURY | One-act Gilbert and Sullivan comic opera that was first performed in 1875 (5,2,4) |
| CHANNEL | English -; swum by Matthew Webb in 1875, body of water known as the Sleeve, site of Jersey and Guernsey (7) |
| GELIGNITE | High explosive consisting of nitroglycerine and nitrocellulose dissolved in a base of wood pulp and sodium or potassium nitrate, invented by Alfred Nobel in 1875 (9) |
| COLERIDGETAYLOR | British composer (1875-1912) whose name resembles that of a noted poet (1772-1834) |
