| PARADISELOST | English epic poem, the source for an opera by Penderecki |
| GLORIANA | Titular character of the English epic poem The Faerie Queene (1590-6) (8) |
| MARYSTUART | 1800 play by Friedrich Schiller used as the basic for an opera by Gaetano Donizetti |
| OCARINA | Also called a potato flute. what is the small ancient wind instrument, often made of clay. with works composed for it by Ligeti and Penderecki? (7) |
| MAGAZINE | May be worth reading, as this is the source for the pieces (8) |
| TWEED | Weaver is the source for this northern river |
| GHOUL | Gory, hair-raising operation undergoing, likely to look at the sources for spirit (5) |
| GRENDEL | Man-eating monster slain by the titular hero of the Old English epic poem Beowulf (7) |
| BEOWULF | Old English epic poem preserved in the manuscript Cotton Vitellius A.xv, housed in the British Library since 1973 (7) |
| NOKOMIS | Saskatchewan town sharing the name of the 'Daughter of the Moon' in Longfellow's epic poem The Song of Hiawatha |
| SPENSER | Edmund ___ (c. 1552-99), English poet known for the epic poem The Faerie Queene (7) |
| DANTESINFERNO | Term used for the first part of the epic poem 'The Divine Comedy' (6,7) |
| DANTEALIGHIERI | Italian poet chiefly remembered for the threepart epic poem The Divine Comedy (c. 1309- 20) (5,9) |
| INFERNO | The first part of Dante's epic poem, 'The Divine Comedy' (7) |
| LATIN | Ancient language used in the epic poem the Aeneid (5) |
| ODYSSEUS | The principal character in Homer's epic poem the Odyssey (8) |
| LONGFELLOW | Who wrote the epic poem The Song of Hiawatha (1855) |
| LIBRETTO | From the Italian meaning "book", the text for an opera, oratorio or cantata (8) |
| DONJUAN | Fictional libertine who is the subject of a play by Moliere, an opera by Mozart and a poem by Byron (3,4) |
| EXITPOLL | Data source for an election analyst |
