| ALESSANDRO | Opera by George Handel, first performed in 1726 (10) |
| ALMIRE | Three-act opera by Handel first performed in 1705 (6) |
| ALMIRA | Three-act opera by Handel first performed in 1705 (6) |
| MESSIAH | Oratorio by Handel first performed in 1742 (7) |
| ATALANTA | Opera by Handel first to appear in Georgian city (8) |
| MONTEVIDEO | Capital city in South America (pop about 1.3 million), founded in 1726 (10) |
| GIBBS | Working at Stowe House after John Vanbrugh's death in 1726, architect who designed the Radcliffe Camera, Oxford and St Martin-in-the-Fields, London (5) |
| LILLIPUT | Land of tiny people in 1726 Jonathan Swift novel Gulliver's Travels (8) |
| LAPUTA | Flying island in 1726 Jonathan Swift novel Gulliver's Travels |
| YAHOO | One of a race of brutal humans in 1726 Jonathan Swift novel Gulliver's Travels (5) |
| JONATHANSWIFT | Anglo-Irish author and clergyman noted for his novel Gulliver's Travels published in 1726 (8,5) |
| PORGYANDBESS | Opera by George Gershwin set in Charleston that premiered in 1935 (5,3,4) |
| AGRIPPINA | 1709 opera by George Frideric Handel about the mother of Nero (9) |
| DEIDAMIA | 1741 opera by George Frideric Handel (8) |
| RINALDO | Opera by George Frederic Handel, composed 1711 (7) |
| RODRIGO | 1707 opera by George Frideric Handel about the last Visigoth king of Spain (710-11 BC) (7) |
| PORGY | 1935 opera by George Gershwin (5,3,4) |
| ANDBESS | 1935 opera by George Gershwin (5,3,4) |
| BESS | What completes the title of Porgy and ___, the opera by George Gershwin? (4) |
| GULLIVER | Lemuel, central character in a 1726 novel by Jonathan Swift (8) |
