| REPETITEUR | Member of an opera company who coaches singers and accompanies them on the piano in rehearsal |
| SADLERSWELLS | London theatre, once the home of an opera company and the Royal Ballet |
| HENRYLYTTON | English actor associated with the D"Oyly Carte Opera Company who was knighted in 1930 (5,6) |
| SEPOYS | Troops in the service of the British East India Company, who instigated the Indian Rebellion of 1857 (6) |
| IVORIES | What you might tickle on the piano in playing a tune |
| IMPRESARIO | Manager of an opera company (10) |
| PRIMA | --- donna, principal female singer of an opera company (5) |
| REITH | General manager (and later managing director) of the British Broadcasting Company who went on to establish it as the BBC (5) |
| CAMPION | Jane ____, the only female film director to receive the Palme D'Or - for The Piano, in 1993 |
| ANNAPAQUIN | 11-year-old who won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for The Piano in 1994: 2 wds. |
| RAFFLES | A clerk in the East India Company who founded the modern state of Singapore (7) |
| GEORGE | Singer who coaches contestants alongside Delta Goodrem, Seal and Kelly Rowland on The Voice, Boy___ (6) |
| DONNA | Prima ____ , the chief female singer in an opera company (5) |
| TRANSIT | Letters of ___ - what Rick hid in the piano in Casablanca? (7) |
| CROSSKEYS | Go over to the piano in St Peter's pub in Gwent (9) |
| ASTOR | John Jacob, chairman of the Times Publishing Company who died in 1971 (5) |
| AVRO | Aviation company who made the Harper Runabout three-wheeler in the 1920s (4) |
| SCALES | Climbs up to practise them on the piano (6) |
| TRAINER | Person who coaches an athlete or a horse for example; or, a shoe for running and other sports (7) |
| PRIMADONNA | Principal female singer in an opera company |
