| JANACEK | Leos, Czech composer of the opera The Cunning Little Vixen (7) |
| LEOSJANACEK | Czech composer whose works include the operas Jenufa and The Cunning Little Vixen (4,7) |
| SMETANA | Bedrich ?, Czech composer of the opera The Bartered Bride (7) |
| ROSSINI | Italian composer of the opera The Barber of Seville (7) |
| COPLAND | Aaron, composer of the opera The Tender Land (7) |
| MENOTTI | Pulitzer-winning composer of the opera "The Consul" |
| SLEIGHT | Cunning little bears close to hive (7) |
| ARTICLE | For example, the cunning liar etc (7) |
| SLYNESS | Cunning, small minor, hanging round New York, retreated (7) |
| DVORAK | Antonin ___, Czech composer of the opera Rusalka (6) |
| BEDRICHSMETANA | Czech composer of works including the operas The Bartered Bride (1866) and The Devil's Wall (1882) (7,7) |
| FRIML | Rudolf, Czech composer of the musical play Rose Marie (5) |
| CORNELIUS | Peter ___, 19th-century composer of the opera The Barber of Baghdad (9) |
| MAJESTIC | ___ Theater, venue of "The Phantom of the Opera," the longest-running production in Broadway history |
| TCHAIKOVSKY | Pyotr Ilyich, Russian composer of the opera The Queen Of Spades (11) |
| OFFENBACH | Composer of the opera The Tales of Hoffmann |
| KORNGOLD | Erich, composer of the opera The Dead City (8) |
| GUSTAVHOLST | English composer of the opera "The Perfect Fool" |
| RAVEL | Maurice, French composer of the opera The Spanish Hour (5) |
| MACONCHY | Elizabeth, composer of the operas The Sofa and The Departure (8) |
