| HANDEL | George Frideric _, composer whose works include Messiah and Water Music (6) |
| VARESE | Edgard ___, composer whose works include Octandre and Poeme Electronique (6) |
| ELGAR | Edward __, composer whose works include the Enigma Variations (5) |
| OFFENBACH | Jacques ___, composer whose works included the operetta Orpheus in the Underworld (9) |
| LIGETI | Gyorgy ___, composer whose only opera is Le Grand Macabre (6) |
| BUDD | Roy ___, composer whose film scores include that for 1971 thriller Get Carter (4) |
| FIREWORKS | Music for the Royal -; suite composed by George Frideric Handel (9) |
| ORATORIO | George Frideric Handel's Messiah is an example of this type of musical work (8) |
| THEPRIEST | 1727 work; first of the four Coronation Anthems by George Frideric Handel (5,3,6) |
| ZADOK | 1727 work; first of the four Coronation Anthems by George Frideric Handel (5,3,6) |
| MUSIC | Water ___, suite of pieces for small orchestra by George Frideric Handel (5) |
| MESSIAH | 1742 oratorio by German-born English composer George Frideric Handel to a scriptural text by Charles Jennens (7) |
| WATERMUSIC | Collection of pieces by George Frideric Handel that premiered in 1717 (5,5) |
| AGRIPPINA | 1709 opera by George Frideric Handel about the mother of Nero (9) |
| SUSANNA | Oratorio by George Frideric Handel based on a woman in the Book of Daniel (7) |
| ZADOKTHEPRIEST | 1727 work; first of the four Coronation Anthems by George Frideric Handel |
| HANDLEBAR | Hear a tiny excerpt from Messiah, and it's on your bike! |
| CHORISTER | Disc acquired by Messiah and Queen singer (9) |
| HAND | Fine passage from Messiah and so memorable (8) |
| ORATORIOS | Handel's "Messiah" and Haydn's "The Creation," among others |
