| PURCELL | Henry ___, English composer whose Dido and Aeneas (1689) |
| HENRY | 17th-century English composer whose works include the opera Dido and Aeneas and the masque The Fairy-Queen (5,7) |
| TIPPETT | Sir Michael ___, English composer whose works include the operas The Midsummer Marriage, King Priam and The Knot Garden (7) |
| ELGAR | Edward _, English composer whose works included the Enigma Variations (1899) |
| HOLST | Gustav ___, English composer whose works include the orchestral suite The Planets (5) |
| ARNE | Thomas ___, English composer whose Alfred, a Masque (1740) features the song 'Rule, Britannia' (4) |
| ARIA | Vocal solo such as Dido's Lament from Henry Purcell's opera Dido and Aeneas (4) |
| MEZZO | Carmen in "Carmen" or Dido in "Dido and Aeneas," briefly |
| OPERA | "Dido and Aeneas," for an early English example |
| NAHUMTATE | Besides rewriting plays by the famous playwrights of his day. who also wrote the libretto to Purcell's Dido and Aeneas (1689) |
| OPERATIC | As Dido and Aeneas say, a spirit measure takes time (8) |
| NAHUM | ___ Tate, poet who wrote the libretto for Purcell's Dido and Aeneas (5) |
| HUDSON | Henry _; English explorer whose crew mutinied and cast him adrift to die (6) |
| IRVING | Sir Henry ___, English actor manager whose real name was John Henry Brodribb |
| LANDSEER | Edwin Henry ___, English painter and sculptor whose works include the bronze lions in Trafalgar Square (8) |
| IRETON | Henry___, English Parliamentarian general and son-in-law of Oliver Cromwell (6) |
| EDWARD | English composer whose works included The Dream Of Gerontius and the Pomp And Circumstance Marches (6,5) |
| CLARKE | English composer whose Trumpet Voluntary was incorrectly attributed to Henry Purcell (6) |
| FIELDING | Henry _, English novelist and dramatist, cofounder of the Bow Street Runners, London's first police force (8) |
| PERCY | Sir Henry _; English soldier, known as Hotspur (5) |
