| CUPSANDSAUCERS | One-act "satirical musical sketch" by George Grossmith performed by the D'Oyly Carte Company as a curtain raiser to HMS Pinafore |
| SAVOYOPERA | Any of the Gilbert and Sullivan works originally presented by the D'Oyly Carte company |
| CUESTA | "A¿Cu¡nto ___?": "How much is it?" |
| MEANING | Musical sketch comedy, Monty Python's The...of Life (7) |
| HENRYLYTTON | English actor associated with the D"Oyly Carte Opera Company who was knighted in 1930 (5,6) |
| SAVOYHOTEL | Luxury establishment on the Strand in London, built by the impresario Richard D'Oyly Carte (5,5) |
| OPERETTE | Form of musical drama composed by Jacques Offenbach, Franz Lehar or Arthur Sullivan and William Gilbert in collaboration by Richard D'Oyly Carte (8) |
| HOTEL | Building in the Strand built by Richard D'Oyly Carte with profits from his Gilbert and Sullivan opera productions (5,5) |
| SAVOY | Building in the Strand built by Richard D'Oyly Carte with profits from his Gilbert and Sullivan opera productions (5,5) |
| IMPRESARIO | D'Oyly Carte, say, featured in a capital once on stamp briefly |
| RICHARD | Given name of Mr D'Oyly Carte, impresario to Gilbert and Sullivan in Victorian England |
| GOOGLETYPIST | The EGYPTOLOGIST left a career in ancient history to transcribe memos for a tech company as a ___ |
| OPERETTA | D'Oyly Carte offering |
| YANKEES | Foreigners going around Lima in D'Oyly Carte |
| RUDDIGORE | Harsh about critical comment over run for D'oyly Carte production (9) |
| CANDLES | Items made or sold by a chandler; four of which appear in a famous sketch by the Two Ronnies (7) |
| CARTE | D'Oyly --, opera company noted for presenting the works of Gilbert and Sullivan (5) |
| MICHAELPHELPS | American swimmer who lost Kellogg Company as a sponsor after a photo of him smoking up went viral: 2 wds. |
| SALVADORDALI | It may seem surreal, but a thief simply walked into a San Francisco gallery on Oct. 14, then walked right back out with a $20,000 sketch by this Spanish artist |
| URINETOWN | Satirical musical with the song "It's a Privilege to Pee" |
