| THEFLYINGDUTCHMAN | English translation of Wagner's 1843 opera Der fliegende Hollander (3,6,8) |
| ERIK | "Der fliegende Hollander" tenor |
| DER | Wagner's '-- fliegende Hollander' |
| HOLLANDER | Wagner's "Der fliegende ___" |
| DONIZETTI | Gaetano, Italian composer of the 1843 opera Don Pasquale (9) |
| DALBERT | Eugen ___, Scotland-born German composer of 1926 opera Der Golem (7) |
| HUGOWOLF | Composer of the opera Der Corregidor (4,4) |
| STRAUSS | Richard ?, composer of 1911 opera Der Rosenkavalier (7) |
| WOLF | Hugo ?, composer of 1895 opera Der Corregidor (4) |
| WEBER | German composer of the 1821 opera Der Freischutz (5) |
| BOHEMIAN | The ___, 1843 opera by Michael William Balfe (8,4) |
| GIRL | The -, 1843 opera by Michael William Balfe (8,4) |
| FLYING | 'The ---', 1843 opera by Richard Wagner (6) |
| DUTCHMAN | 'The ---', 1843 opera by Richard Wagner (8) |
| ALBERICH | Titular antagonist of the four-opera Der Ring des Nibelungen cycle (1876) by Richard Wagner (8) |
| DASRHEINGOLD | The first of the four epic dramas of Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen |
| SIEGFRIED | Third part of Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen (9) |
| CYCLE | The Ride of the Valkyries is part of Wagner's Ring _____. (5) |
| THERING | Short name of Wagner's opera cycle (3,4) |
| GOTTERDAMMERUNG | German title of the fourth part of Wagner's Ring Cycle (15) |
