| LISZT | Franz, composer of the 1861 symphony Faust (5) |
| LEHAR | Franz, composer of the operetta The Merry Widow (5) |
| READE | English author best known for the 1861 historical novel The Cloister and the Hearth (5) |
| EPPIE | Young girl looked after by Silas Marner in the 1861 novel of tint name by George Eliot (5,4) |
| SCHUBERT | Franz, composer of the song cycle Die Schone Mullerin (8) |
| SUMTER | The 1861 battle at Fort ___ was the opening engagement of the American Civil War (6) |
| CHARLESREADE | English writer best known for the 1861 historical novel The Cloister And The Hearth (7,5) |
| CASS | Young girl looked after by Silas Marner in the 1861 novel of tint name by George Eliot (5,4) |
| CHARLES | English author best known for the 1861 historical novel The Cloister and the Hearth (7) |
| EPPIEC | Young girl looked after by Silas Marner in the 1861 novel of that name by George Eliot |
| EPPIECASS | Young girl looked after by Silas Marner in the 1861 novel of that name by George Eliot |
| ABIDEWITHME | 1847 hymn by English clergyman Henry Francis Lyte typically sung to the 1861 tune Eventide by organist William Henry Monk (5,4,2) |
| AMERICANCIVILWAR | The 1861 to 1865 conflict |
| SPOHR | Louis ___, German composer of the operas Jessonda and Faust (5) |
| FRANZ | Hungarian pianist and composer (1811-86) whose works include the Faust Symphony and Hungarian Rhapsodies (5) |
| TELLY | Tastefully releases Faust for the small screen (5) |
| OPERA | Faust or Tosca (5) |
| TENOR | Appearing in Faust, enormous singer (5) |
| MAKES | After 3, it's immoral or it misrepresents Faust (okay with me) (5,3,3) |
| BASSO | Mephistopheles in Gounod's "Faust," e.g. |
