| WESTENRA | New Zealand-born operatic soprano, Hayley _ (8) |
| CALLAS | Maria ?, New York-born operatic soprano who died in 1977 |
| TAMADDON | Hayley __, plays Weatherfield student Andrea Beckett (8) |
| LESLEY | Yorkshire-born operatic soprano who appeared on the first series of Strictly Come Dancing (6, 7) |
| GARRETT | Yorkshire-born operatic soprano who appeared on the first series of Strictly Come Dancing (6, 7) |
| TEKANAWA | see 6dn, New Zealand operatic soprano born in 1944 (4,8) |
| FLAGSTAD | Kirsten, Norwegian operatic soprano, noted particularly for her interpretations of Wagner (8) |
| NETREBKO | Anna --, Russian operatic soprano (8) |
| HIGHNOTE | Operatic sopranos often hit one: 2 wds. |
| WATSON | Russell, Salford-born operatic and pop tenor (6) |
| TAUBER | Richard, Linz-born operatic tenor, composer and conductor who took British citizenship in 1940 (6) |
| ATWELL | Hayley ___, London-born actress in the Mission: Impossible films (6) |
| MILLS | Hayley _, British actress and star of Pollyanna (5) |
| DARN | "That Hayley ___ Mills Cat!"; film 1965 |
| HOLT | Breakfast presenter, Hayley ___ (4) |
| ERIN | GH'S Hayley ___ (ex-kiki) |
| KIRI | and 3dn, New Zealand operatic soprano born in 1944 (4,8) |
| CABALLE | Montserrat ___, Spanish operatic soprano born in 1933 (7) |
| MONTSERRAT | Spanish operatic soprano born in 1933 (10,7) |
| MELBA | Nellie ---, Australian operatic soprano born Helen Porter Mitchell (5) |
