| PERGOLESI | Italian composer who died aged 26 in 1736, famed for his Stabat Mater for women's voices (9) |
| CHOPIN | Poland's greatest composer, who died aged 38 and is buried at Pere Lachaise Cemetery in Paris (6) |
| REDDING | US singer/songwriter who died, aged 26, in an aeroplane crash in December 1967 (7) |
| ALBINONI | Tomaso, Italian composer who died in 1750 (8) |
| ALTOS | Some women's voices |
| KAROL | "Stabat Mater" composer Szymanowski |
| WOOD | Conductor who instituted the first 'Prom' concert aged 26 and arranged the Fantasia on British Sea Songs (4) |
| CHERUBINI | Italian composer who spent most of his life in France and is best-known for the opera Médée |
| SCARLATTI | An Italian composer who wrote nearly 120 operas - or his son who wrote over 600 harpsichord sonatas |
| SCANDELLO | Antonio ___, Italian composer who in 1568 became Kapellmeister at the court of the Electors of Saxony in Dresden |
| HAWKSMOOR | Nicholas ___ (c1661-1736), English architect who worked alongside Christopher Wren and John Vanbrug (9) |
| JUNEBROWN | EastEnders legend who has sadly died aged 95 (4,5) |
| JAMESWATT | Scottish engineer and inventor (1736-1819) after whom the SI unit of power is named (5,4) |
| LESADIEUX | Name given to Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 26 in E flat major, Op. 81a |
| BOXINGDAY | December 26, in England |
| BRAINCELL | One holding 26 in small room shows some intellectual capability (5,4) |
| BRAIN | Dennis ?, French horn player with the Philharmonia Orchestra who died aged 36 in 1957 |
| SEVE | Three time US Open golf champion who died aged 54 in 2011, ... Ballesteros (4) |
| EVAPERON | Former First Lady of Argentina who died aged 33 in 1952 (3,5) |
| HOPE | Bob ---, English-born American comedian and actor who died aged 100 in 2003 (4) |
