| OPERAHOUSE | One such as Benvenuto Cellini, put up in Sydney's place? |
| GOLDSMITH | Benvenuto Cellini was one classic author |
| HECTORBERLIOZ | French composer who wrote the operas Les Troyens and Benvenuto Cellini |
| ROOSTERS | NRL club based in Sydney's eastern suburbs (8) |
| IVES | Name a suburb in Sydney's Upper North Shore, St ... (4) |
| STEAMY | Raunchy playing group performing in Sydney's outskirts? (6) |
| SCREWY | Company situated in Sydney's outskirts could be out to lunch (6) |
| CELL | Electrifying piece from Benven to Cellini! (4) |
| CELLINI | Benvenuto, 16th Century Italian sculptor whose works include Perseus with the Head of Medusa (7) |
| ITALIAN | Bellini, Cellini, or Fellini |
| BENVENUTO | Great Renaissance goldsmith and sculptor, ... Cellini |
| ZOOS | Wildlife parks such as Sydney's Taronga or England's Whipsnade |
| SOUS | Sydney's title in season one of "The Bear" |
| SUBMARINERS | Drive home vehicle in reverse getting in with, um, Sydney's top crew down under (11) |
| HAMMERTHROW | Athletics event - the women's version was included in the Olympics for the first time at Sydney's Summer Games in 2000 (6,5) |
| HARBOURBRIDGE | Sydney's landmark known by locals as the coathanger, the Sydney ... (7,6) |
| FIDDLE | 'Big ___ of the Ceilidh' (Celtic music attraction on Sydney's waterfront in Cape Breton) |
| HYDEPARK | Sydney's first racecourse, in 1810 (4,4) |
| AUSTRALIA | Sydney's country that hosted the Commonwealth Games in 1938 1962 1982 2006 and 2018 |
| SNIP | Small piece on Sydney's top pin-up (4) |
