| ERNANI | Modern animation contributing to an evening in the opera house |
| ALIEN | Story contributing to an out-of-this-world film |
| ARIA | The air in the opera house? (4) |
| BOX | Fight to get a loge in the opera house (3) |
| DIVA | Concealed by Jo Davidson back working in the opera house (4) |
| METROPOLITAN | The --- Opera House in New York is the principal one in the U.S. (12) |
| GUESTNIGHT | An evening in which members of an institution are allowed to bring others (5,5) |
| GATEKEEPER | Had to look around at start of evening in the middle of empty gutter for watchman (10) |
| FOYER | A ferry has no right to circle this part of the Opera House |
| BASS | Singer the opera house is angling to get? (4) |
| LABOHEME | Work at the opera house, struggling to walk, drinking endless tea (2,6) |
| HARBOURBRIDGE | Australian icons, the Opera House and the Sydney ... (7,6) |
| HARBOUR | Australian icon's, the Opera House and the Sydney ... Bridge |
| BONSOIR | A good evening in the Folies Bergere? (7) |
| ANGELUS | Prayer said at morning, noon, and evening in the Roman Catholic Church |
| BUONASERA | "Good evening," in the "boot" of Europe |
| NOWAR | Red words painted on the Opera House's tallest sail in 2003 (2,3) |
| SNOWY | Like an evening in a Frost title |
| LASCALA | Abbreviated name of the opera house in Milan where Bellini, Puccini, Verdi and other composers first had their works performed (2,5) |
| SOIR | An evening in Montmartre |
