| MACONCHY | Elizabeth, composer of the operas The Sofa and The Departure (8) |
| SINGININTHERAIN | Voted the best musical ever made, it had Gene Kelly tapping in the downpour, Debbie Reynolds overturning the sofa and Donald O'Connor climbing walls (6',2,3,4) |
| BIRTWISTLE | Harrison, composer of the operas The Second Mrs Kong and Punch and Judy (10) |
| RICHARDWAGNER | German composer of the operas "The Flying Dutchman" and "Siegfried": 2 wds. |
| KORNGOLD | Erich, composer of the opera The Dead City (8) |
| MAJESTIC | ___ Theater, venue of "The Phantom of the Opera," the longest-running production in Broadway history |
| LIFEBUOY | It may hold up the departure of a non-swimmer (8) |
| BEDRICHSMETANA | Czech composer of works including the operas The Bartered Bride (1866) and The Devil's Wall (1882) (7,7) |
| GUSTAVHOLST | British composer and trombonist whose works include the operas The Perfect Fool (1923) and The Wandering Scholar |
| IGOR | Russian-born US composer of works including the operas The Nightingale (1914) and The Rake's Progress (1951) (4,10) |
| STRAVINSKI | Russian-born US composer of works including the operas The Nightingale (1914) and The Rake's Progress (1951) (4,10) |
| TIPPETT | Sir Michael ___, English composer whose works include the operas The Midsummer Marriage, King Priam and The Knot Garden (7) |
| JOHN | and 17dn, Composer of operas The Death of Klinghoffer and Nixon in China |
| GLASS | Philip ___, US minimalist composer whose works include the operas The Voyage (1992) |
| CORNELIUS | Peter ___, 19th-century composer of the opera The Barber of Baghdad (9) |
| ROSSINI | Composer of the opera The Barber of Seville (7) |
| TCHAIKOVSKY | Pyotr Ilyich, Russian composer of the opera The Queen Of Spades (11) |
| OFFENBACH | Composer of the opera The Tales of Hoffmann |
| JOHNADAMS | Composer of operas The Death of Klinghoffer and Nixon in China |
| ADAMS | see 5dn, Composer of operas The Death of Klinghoffer and Nixon in China |
