| LUIGI | Lover of Giorgetta in Puccini's "Il Tabarro" |
| SEINE | French setting for Puccini's "Il Tabarro" |
| RODOLFO | The singer of Che Gelida Manina in Puccini's La Boheme |
| BARONSCARPIA | Chief of Police in Puccini's Tosca (5,7) |
| BOHEMIAN | Lifestyle without regard to conventional rules such as that of artist Norman Lindsay or the characters in Puccini's La Boheme |
| MIMI | The leading female role in Puccini's La Boheme (4) |
| NESSUNDORMA | Tenor aria in Puccini's Turandot that became Pavarotti's signature song and a World Cup anthem (6,5) |
| TOSCA | In which of Puccini's operas does a famous singer kill the corrupt police chief who has arrested her lover? (5) |
| DORMA | Aria in Act II of Puccini's Turandot (5) |
| NESSUN | Aria in Act II of Puccini's Turandot (6) |
| GOBBI | Italian operatic baritone noted for his interpretation of Scarpia in Giacomo Puccini's Tosca (5) |
| LATOSCA | Play of 1887 by Victorien Sardou upon which Puccini's almostexactly-the-samenamed opera of 1900 is based: 2 wds. |
| LABOHEME | Puccini's opera of young artists' lives |
| ROSSINI | Composer of Puccini's sort, a bit back |
| SAIGON | Musical based on the story of Puccini's Madama Butterfly, Miss ___ |
| LASCALA | Abbreviated name of a theatre where Puccini's Madama Butterfly premiered (2,5) |
| RENT | Musical that's an updated rock version of Puccini's La Boheme |
| SCALA | La -; opera house in Milan where Bellini's Norma, Puccini's Madame Butterfly and Verdi's Otello premiered (5) |
| ARIA | Accompanied solo song in an opera, cantata or oratorio, such as Puccini's 'Nessun Dorma' (Turandot, 1926) (4) |
| PAVAROTTI | Who made his operatic debut Puccini's La Boheme in 1961? (9) |
