| LIGETI | Gyorgy ___, composer whose only opera is Le Grand Macabre (6) |
| PAPASMURF | Blue cartoon character whose French name is Le Grand Schtrou |
| BELABARTOK | *Hungarian composer whose only opera is about 17-Across |
| HAUTELOIRE | The capital of this French department is Le Puy-en-Velay |
| EASTERNMOST | "Behind second" in French is "le plus a l'est"? (11) |
| BARTOK | Hungarian composer whose only opera was entitled Bluebeard's Castle (6) |
| HANDEL | George Frederick ___, composer whose Water Music collection premiered in 1717 (6) |
| VARESE | Edgard ___, composer whose works include Octandre and Poeme Electronique (6) |
| ORANGE | Le Grand ____ (Expo's first superstar) |
| ETUDES | French for word for "studies" used as a name for works by Frederic Chopin, Claude Debussy and Gyorgy Ligeti, among others (6) |
| SANDOR | Pianist Gyorgy |
| 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 | What is the name of Beethoven's only opera? (7) |
| RESTORATIONPLAY | Vanbrugh offering it, only opera star is upset (11,4) |
| BUDD | Roy ___, composer whose film scores include that for 1971 thriller Get Carter (4) |
| OFFENBACH | Jacques ___, composer whose works included the operetta Orpheus in the Underworld (9) |
| ELGAR | Edward __, composer whose works include the Enigma Variations (5) |
| 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) |
