| OWENWINGRAVE | Opera by Benjamin Britten based on a work by Henry James (4,8) |
| BILLYBUDD | Opera by Benjamin Britten based on a story by Herman Melville (5,4) |
| THETURNOFTHESHREW | Work by Henry Shakespeare |
| DEATHINVENICE | Opera by Britten based on a Thomas Mann novella |
| BILLY | 12 by Britten based on a novel by Herman Melville (5,4) |
| ILLUMINATIONS | 'The ---', song-cycle by Benjamin Britten based on poems by Arthur Rimbaud (13) |
| CURLEW | 1964 Church Parable by Benjamin Britten based on Noh play Sumidagawa (6,5) |
| TESS | The 1979 film by Roman Polanski based on a work by Thomas Hardy (4) |
| CATS | Musical composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber based on a work by T.S. Eliot (4) |
| LABOHEME | Title shared by two operas based on a work by Henri Murger |
| SANDITON | Perhaps it's Donna for current ITV drama based on a work by Jane Austen (8) |
| LOREMIPSUM | Dummy text used in publishing and based on a work by Cicero |
| AIDA | Elton John musical based on a work by Verdi |
| PERFECT | George Clooney film based on a work by Sebastian Junger, The - - - Storm (7) |
| PETERGRIMES | Opera by Benjamin Britten, with a libretto based on a section of George Crabbe's poem The Borough |
| WERTHER | Massenet opera based on a work of Goethe |
| GRIMES | Opera by Benjamin Britten, with a libretto based on part of George Crabbe's poem The Borough (5,6) |
| PETER | Opera by Benjamin Britten, with a libretto based on part of George Crabbe's poem The Borough (5,6) |
| BUDD | Billy ___ , sailor created by Herman Melville, later the title character in an opera by Benjamin Britten (4) |
| LUCRETIA | 'The Rape of --', opera by Benjamin Britten (8) |
