| HANDEL | George Frideric, German-born composer noted for his Water Music first played on a British royal cruise in 1717 (6) |
| MATTDAMON | With a little help from Ken Jennings, this celebrity won $1 million for his Water.org charity on July 30 On a special edition of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire |
| TORELLI | Giuseppe ___, Verona-born composer noted for his Opus 8 of 1708 (7) |
| STRAUS | Oscar ___, Austrian-born composer noted for operettas such as Waltz Dream and The Chocolate Soldier |
| MONET | Artist famous for his Water Lilies series and depictions of his Giverny garden (5) |
| WEILL | Surname, pronounced "vile", of a German-born composer who wrote a famously upbeat song about a murderous villain of guile and wile (5) |
| TELSTAR | (Music) First U.S. Number One by a British group, in 1962 (7) |
| KISMET | Musical based largely on Borodin's music first performed on stage in 1953 (6) |
| ARCHIMEDES | Greek mathematician known for his water displacement theory (10) |
| MEYERBEER | German-born composer whose five-act opera Les Huguenots was first performed in 1836 (9) |
| MESSIAH | 1742 oratorio by German-born English composer George Frideric Handel to a scriptural text by Charles Jennens (7) |
| HAT | Accessory for a guest at a British royal wedding |
| AQUATIC | A question at one contest first played on water (7) |
| IMPOSTER | The Mail covered that Fidelia's a British royal? She's a fraud! |
| OFFENBACH | German-born composer frequently heard another composer |
| HANDLE | Name audition for German-born composer (6) |
| MUM | Queen ___, nickname for a British royal |
| HANOVER | Henry finding article on the subject of a British royal house (7) |
| GIVERNY | French country village home to Claude Monet for 43 years in a pink house surrounded by flower gardens where he painted his Water Lilies series (7) |
| BEAUFORTSCALE | 12-level measure of wind speed, named after its inventor, a British Royal Navy officer (8,5) |
