| LIGETI | Gyorgy -, Hungarian composer whose only opera, Le Grand Macabre, premiered in 1978 |
| BARTOK | Hungarian composer whose only opera was entitled Bluebeard's Castle (6) |
| BELABARTOK | Hungarian composer whose only completed opera is 1918's Bluebeard's Castle (4,6) |
| ADAM | Adolphe -; French composer whose works include the ballet Giselle and the opera Le Toreador (4) |
| BETRAYAL | Play by Harold Pinter premiered in 1978 (8) |
| KODALY | Hungarian composer whose works include Hary Janos (6,6) |
| ZOLTAN | Hungarian composer whose works include Hary Janos (6,6) |
| LEHAR | Austro-Hungarian composer whose operettas include The Merry Widow (5) |
| RIMSKYKORSAKOV | Nikolai ___, Russian composer whose works include the orchestral suite Scheherazade and the opera Le Coq d'or |
| LALO | Edouard ___, French viola player; composer of opera Le roi d'Ys (4) |
| EMMANUELCHABRIER | Composer of the opera "Le roi malgre lui" |
| EDOUARD | and 10ac, French viola player; composer of opera Le Roi d'Ys (7,4) |
| EUPHEMIA | British composer whose only published work (under the pseudonym Arthur de Lulli) is the 1877 waltz Chopsticks (8,5) |
| ALLEN | British composer whose only published work (under the pseudonym Arthur de Lulli) is the 1877 waltz Chopsticks (8,5) |
| FIDELIO | Beethoven's only opera first performed in 1805 (7) |
| LEONORA | Female character in Fidelio, Beethoven's only opera (7) |
| PAPASMURF | Blue cartoon character whose French name is Le Grand Schtrou |
| PENROSE | Roland, Surrealist painter whose works include 1938's Le Grand Jour (7) |
| TRIANON | Le Grand ____ is a chateau in the grounds of Versailles (7) |
| NONO | Luigi, composer whose works include Omaggio a Gyorgy Kurtag (4) |
