| MANONLESCAUT | Opera by Giacomo Puccini first performed in 1893 based on a novel by the Abbe Prevost |
| MANON | Opera by Giacomo Puccini first performed in 1893 based on a novel by the Abbe Prevost (5,7) |
| LESCAUT | Opera by Giacomo Puccini first performed in 1893 based on a novel by the Abbe Prevost (5,7) |
| GIANNI | Comic opera by Giacomo Puccini first performed in 1918 (6,8) |
| TURANDOT | Unfinished opera by Giacomo Puccini first performed in 1926(8) |
| HABEMUSPAPAM | The announcement which accompanied the white smoke on the election of Robert Prevost (7,5) |
| LABOHEME | Opera by Puccini first performed in Turin in 1896, and conducted by Toscanini |
| TOSCA | Opera in three acts by Puccini, first performed in 1900 (5) |
| SAPLINGS | Greyhounds in their first year; young trees; or, a novel by the author of Ballet Shoes, Noel Streatfeild (8) |
| HUMPERDINCK | Engelbert ?, composer of opera Hansel and Gretel, first performed in 1893 (11) |
| THEMASTER | And 16 Henrik Ibsen stage play first performed in 1893 (3,6,7) |
| AMONTH | Uma Thurman romcom based on a novel, ... by the Lake (1,5) |
| ALEPH | First Hebrew letter; or, a novel by The Alchemist author Paulo Coelho (5) |
| THEMASTERBUILDER | Henrik Ibsen stage play first performed in 1893 |
| BUILDER | Henrik Ibsen stage play first performed in 1893 (3,6,7) |
| XIV | Robert Prevost adopted the name Leo ... on 8th May this year (3) |
| XAVIERCUGAT | Spanish-American bandleader once married to Abbe Lane born on January 1, 1900 |
| LEO | Papal name chosen by Robert Prevost |
| EPEE | Abbe de l'___, pioneer in sign language |
| ABBE | French author ___ Prevost |
