| WEBER | German composer of the 1823 romantic opera Euryanthe (5) |
| VIXEN | Fourth named reindeer in the 1823 Clement Clarke Moore poem 'A Visit from St. Nicholas' (5) |
| CARLMARIAVON | Conductor and composer of 1823 opera Euryanthe (4,5,3,5) |
| VERDI | Italian Romantic opera composer (5) |
| INTRO | Prelude of note in Italian romantic opera, originally |
| GLUCK | German composer of the 1762 opera Orfeo ed Euridice (5) |
| SPOHR | Louis ___, German composer of the operas Jessonda and Faust (5) |
| WEILL | German composer of The Threepenny Opera |
| BEFORE | The first line of the 1823 poem A Visit From St Nicholas, "Twas the night _ Christmas" (6) |
| OPERA | Koanga, Lulu or Euryanthe , for example |
| LAMB | Charles ___, author of the 1823 collection Essays of Elia (4) |
| NATTY | Hero of the five novels of the Leatherstocking Tales by US author James Fenimore Cooper, published between 1823 and 1841 (5,6) |
| MARYSHELLEY | Writer of the 1823 historical novel Valperga (4,7) |
| RUGBY | Legend has it that our sport was invented in 1823 on the playing fields of The Close in - - - School (5) |
| PIMMS | Gin-based fruit drink named after the fanner's son who invented it 1823 (5) |
| PRANCER | Third named reindeer in the 1823 poem 'Twas The Night Before Christmas' (7) |
| OFTHE | 1823 novel by Sir Walter Scott (7,2,3,4) |
| RICHARDWAGNER | Composer of the romantic opera Tannhauser (7,6) |
| RENAN | French historian (1823-1892) |
| DONNER | Seventh named reindeer in the 1823 poem A Visit From St Nicholas by Clement Clarke Moore (6) |
