| PURCELL | Composer of Dido and Aeneas (7) |
| HENRY | Baroque composer of Dido and Aeneas, etc. (5,7) |
| ARNE | Composer of "Dido and Aeneas" |
| TYRE | Ancient city of S Lebanon; legendary birthplace of Dido and Europa (4) |
| AENEAS | Trojan hero, lover of Dido, and progenitor of the ancient Romans, according to legend (6) |
| MEZZO | Carmen in "Carmen" or Dido in "Dido and Aeneas," briefly |
| ARIA | Vocal solo such as Dido's Lament from Henry Purcell's opera Dido and Aeneas (4) |
| NAHUMTATE | Besides rewriting plays by the famous playwrights of his day. who also wrote the libretto to Purcell's Dido and Aeneas (1689) |
| OPERA | Purcell's 'Dido and Aeneas,' e.g. |
| OPERATIC | As Dido and Aeneas say, a spirit measure takes time (8) |
| NAHUM | ___ Tate, poet who wrote the libretto for Purcell's Dido and Aeneas (5) |
| DEMIGOD | Dido involved with male — eg Aeneas? |
| INVITUS | Unwilling; "____ regina tuo de litore cessi" (Aeneas to Dido's ghost Aen 6.460) |
| KENWOODHOUSE | Adam-style villa and former abode of Dido Elizabeth Belle, William Murray and many other lives, but now where the Iveagh Bequest resides (7,5) |
| OPTIMA | Aeneas's best description of Dido |
| DIAL | Part of the watch on the outskirts of Dido's capital (4) |
| DID | Acted the part of Dido (3) |
| ANNA | The sister of Dido in Roman mythology (4) |
| ELISSA | Phoenician name of dido |
| TREPIDA | Hurried and harried, restless and alarmed (eg Dido, Aen. 4.642) |
