| OPERETTAS | Compositions such as La Belle Helene, Die Fledermaus and The Merry Widow (9) |
| ORATORIOS | Orchestral compositions such as Handel's Messiah or Haydn's The Creation (9) |
| STEEN | Dutch artist noted for his depictions of everyday 17th-century life in paintings such as Rhetoricians at a Window, Beware of Luxury, The Effects of Intemperance, The Dancing Couple and The Merry Famil |
| BRUEGHEL | Flemish artist nicknamed Velvet, noted for floral compositions such as Flowers in a Wooden Vessel and Still Life with Tulips, Chrysanthemums, Narcissi, Roses, Irises and other Flowers in a Glass Vase |
| CYCLE | Series of compositions such as Richard Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen (5) |
| NYM | Corporal in Henry V and The Merry Wives of Windsor (3) |
| OFFENBACH | Jacques, French composer of the operetta La Belle Helene (9) |
| BOULEVARD | Word for a broad tree-lined promenade, road or walk, such as LA's famous "Sunset" example (9) |
| BAGATELLE | Short instrumental composition such as Ludwig van Beethoven's Fur Elise (9) |
| COTILLARD | Marion -, Best Actress in a Leading Role Oscar winner for La Vie en Rose, also known as La Mome (9) |
| OPERETTA | La belle Helene, Light Cavalry or Die Fledermaus |
| AUDLEYEND | Grand early 17th-century mansion and gardens at Saffron Walden, Essex - Helene, dad, you, us transformed! (6, 3, 5) |
| MATISSE | Noted for use of colour in works such as La Danse and his series of cut-outs, a French artist who was a member of the Fauves (wild beasts) (7) |
| LABEL | Title tag from "La Belle Helene" (5) |
| ORATORIO | Religious musical composition such as Cavalieri's The Representation of the Soul and the Body of 1600 (8) |
| OPERABUFFA | Italian comic opera such as La serva padrona by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (5,5) |
| AREA | Operatic song such as La donna e mobile |
| ARIA | Solo such as "La donna e mobile" |
| WORK | In physics, the force causing the movement or displacement of an object; or, a creative composition such as a book or a painting (4) |
| BERCEUSE | From the French for "to rock", a cradle-song, hushaby or lullaby with which to gently sway a baby to sleep; or, a musical composition, such as Chopin's famous Op 57 soother, suggestive of such a baloo |
