| GIOCONDA | La ?, opera by Amilcare Ponchielli first performed in 1876 (8) |
| NOSE | The ?, opera by Dmitri Shostakovich first performed in full in 1930 |
| SCALA | La ? (opera house) |
| LAGIOCONDA | Opera by Amilcare Ponchielli first performed in 1876 (2,8) |
| DANCEOFTHEHOURS | Ballet suite from Act III of 1876 Amilcare Ponchielli opera La Gioconda |
| DANCE | & 2D Ballet suite from Act III of 1876 Amilcare Ponchielli opera La Gioconda (5,2,3,5) |
| OFTHEHOURS | Ballet suite from Act III of 1876 Amilcare Ponchielli opera La Gioconda (5,2,3,5) |
| LONESOME | Student meets someone adrift without friends in LA? (8) |
| FILMSTAR | Who could be first and foremost in manipulating LA? |
| TIRELESS | Unrelenting, like vandalised vehicles in LA? (8) |
| ANGELENO | Upstanding individual, say, person finally settling in LA? (8) |
| GYNT | Peer ____, play by Henrik Ibsen first performed in 1876 (4) |
| TOURETTE | Georges Gilles de la ?, French physician after whom a neurological condition characterized by physical and verbal tics is named (8) |
| IBSEN | Author of the play Peer Gynt, first performed in 1876 (5) |
| PARADISE | Shangri-La? (8) |
| PONCHIELLI | Amilcare, Italian composer of the 1876 opera La Gioconda (10) |
| OPERA | Piece of Amilcare Ponchielli’s making a comeback? |
| TEATRO | '___ de la Opera' (spot for sopranos) |
| EMAR | "Cielo ___!": Ponchielli aria |
| MAR | "Cielo e ___," Ponchielli aria |
