| THEMET | Nickname shared by an opera house and a museum |
| SCALA | Santa Maria della ____, a church in Milan, was replaced by an opera house which opened in 1778 |
| CURATOR | Dog with a short Conservative and a museum keeper (7) |
| ARIA | Performance delivered by an opera star |
| POSH | Nickname shared by Victoria Beckham and Peterborough United. (4) |
| LATICS | The ____ , nickname shared by Oldham Athletic and Wigan Athletic FCs (6) |
| ROBINS | The ___, nickname shared by Bristol City, Swindon Town and Cheltenham Town |
| PUDGE | Nickname shared by the Baseball Hall of Famers Carlton Fisk and Ivan Rodriguez |
| THEBODY | Nickname shared by Elle Macpherson and Jesse Ventura |
| PASTORAL | Nickname shared by Beethoven's 6th Symphony and Piano Sonata No. 15 (8) |
| AUNTIE | Nickname shared by Rover's P4 and the BBC (6) |
| MEL | Nickname shared by two Spice Girls |
| SHIRAZ | Name shared by an Iranian city and a variety of red wine (6) |
| GIANTS | Name shared by an M.L.B. team and an N.F.L. team |
| WYATT | Name shared by an English sonneteer, the Fonthill Abbey designer dubbed "the Destroyer" and also a gambling Wild West lawman (5) |
| SYDNEY | Australian city renowned for its beaches and iconic Opera House and Harbour Bridge |
| NEIL | Name shared by an eminent astrophysicist and another "astro-" notable |
| STEWART | Surname shared by an American actor, English singer, and Formula One world champion |
| CHARLES | Name of a king whose hiding places during his escape from the Roundheads include White Ladies Priory, Boscobel House and a nearby oak tree and Moseley Old Hall (7) |
| CARRIAGEDRIVE | A private road for horse-drawn vehicles between a house and a public road (8,5) |
