| TORELLI | Giuseppe, Italian violinist and composer of 1708 work Christmas Concerto (7) |
| TARTINI | Giuseppe, Italian violinist and composer of The Devil's Trill (7) |
| WRAPSUPPRESENTS | Works Christmas eve? |
| CORELLI | Arcangelo, Italian violinist and composer of a 1712 Christmas Concerto (7) |
| VIVALDI | Antonio -, Italian violinist and composer of concertos The Four Seasons (7) |
| ARCANGELO | Italian violinist and composer whose Concerto grosso in G minor is known commonly as the Christmas Concerto (9,7) |
| DIPPERS | German-American Baptist denomination founded in 1708. |
| PAGANINI | Niccolo, Italian violinist and composer nicknamed The Devil's Violinist (8) |
| OUDENARDE | Battle of 1708 in which British and Austrian troops under Marlborough and Prince Eugene defeated the French |
| SARTI | Giuseppe -, Italian composer of operas Didone abbandonata and Giulio Sabino (5) |
| VERDI | Giuseppe ---, Italian Romantic composer of the opera Aida (5) |
| GARIBALDI | Giuseppe, Italian patriot and leader of the Risorgimento (9) |
| ROSSI | Giuseppe ..... , Italian striker whose clubs have included Villarreal and Fiorentina (5) |
| PITT | Surname of the 1st Earl of Chatham, (1708-78) |
| SARDINIA | Mediterranean island that became Austrian territory in 1708, as affirmed by the 1713 Treaty of Utrecht (8) |
| NICOLA | ___ Benedetti, Scottish-Italian violinist, b. 1987 (6) |
| TRA | 1708 Attilio Ariosti opera, Amor ___ nemici |
| ACI | 1708: Handel's "___, Galatea e Polifemo" |
| OLDKINGCOLE | Traditional English nursery rhyme first published c. 1708 in William King's 'Useful Transactions in Philosophy' (3,4,4) |
| READY | Cooking show (----- Steady Cook) 1708 |
