| PURCELL | Dubbed "Orpheus Britannicus", Baroque composer of Dido and Aeneas and The Fairy Queen, appointed organist at Westminster Abbey aged 22 (7) |
| HENRY | 17th-century English composer whose works include the opera Dido and Aeneas and the masque The Fairy-Queen (5,7) |
| ARNE | Composer of "Dido and Aeneas" |
| TITANIA | In 2.1, Puck and a fairy enter. The fairy says she serves the Fairy Queen. Who is this Fairy Queen? |
| AENEAS | Trojan hero, lover of Dido, and progenitor of the ancient Romans, according to legend (6) |
| ILIA | Daughter of Aeneas and Lavinia and mother of Romulus and Remus in Roman legend (4) |
| RACINE | Quebec municipality sharing the surname of the 17thcentury French playwright of 'Britannicus' and 'Phedre' |
| TYRE | Ancient city of S Lebanon; legendary birthplace of Dido and Europa (4) |
| OSCAR | The warrior son of Oisin and the fairy woman Niamh in Irish mythology |
| IBERT | French classical composer awarded a Prix de Rome for his cantata Le Poete et la Fee (The Poet and the Fairy) (5) |
| DIAL | Part of the watch on the outskirts of Dido's capital (4) |
| BLOW | John, baroque composer of opera Venus And Adonis, written for Charles II (4) |
| NAHUMTATE | Besides rewriting plays by the famous playwrights of his day. who also wrote the libretto to Purcell's Dido and Aeneas (1689) |
| 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) |
| BACH | Baroque composer of the "Goldberg Variations" |
| HANDEL | Baroque composer of the oratorio Messiah |
| SCARLATTI | Alessandro ?, Italian Baroque composer of operas Tigrane and Teodora |
| LULLY | Jean-Baptiste -, French baroque composer of Le Bourgeois gentilhomme, with text by MoliA¨re (5) |
| BEAST | Beauty and the -, fairy tale (5) |
| AIR | Simple tune from "The Fairy Queen" (3) |
