| SIRJOHNIN | Opera by Ralph Vaughan Williams first performed in 1929 (3,4,2,4) |
| ASEA | - - Symphony ; Ralph Vaughan Williams' first and longest symphony (1,3) |
| HUGHTHEDROVER | Opera by Ralph Vaughan Williams (4,3,6) |
| SIRJOHNINLOVE | Ralph Vaughan Williams opera first performed in 1929 (3,4,2,4) |
| LARKASCENDING | The ____, musical piece by Ralph Vaughan Williams inspired by a poem by George Meredith (4,9) |
| ONWENLOCKEDGE | A song cycle by Ralph Vaughan Williams that consists of settings of poems by A.E. Housman (2,7,4) |
| RIDERSTOTHESEA | Play by John Millington Synge; opera by Ralph Vaughan Williams (6,2,3,3) |
| BUNYAN | Writer and preacher whose allegory The Pilgrim's Progress forms the basis of an opera by Ralph Vaughan Williams (6) |
| LARK | Songbird depicted in a piece composed by Ralph Vaughan Williams (4) |
| SEASONGS | Work by Ralph Vaughan Williams based on Princess Royal, Admiral Benbow and Portsmouth |
| THELARKASCENDING | Piece for violin and orchestra by Ralph Vaughan Williams (3,4,9) |
| BLISS | Composer of A Colour Symphony taught by Ralph Vaughan Williams and Gustav Holst who was Master of the Queen's Music from 1953-75 (5) |
| EAMONNANDREWS | The first subject of a TV show presented by Ralph Edwards in 1955, and its presenter thereafter until his death in 1987 |
| DANIELLARUSSO | Character played by Ralph Macchio in the Karate Kid film franchise (1984-2025) and Cobra Kai TV series (2018-2025) (6,7) |
| GAMBLER | The -, Prokofiev opera first performed in 1929 based on a Dostoevsky story (7) |
| SKYLARK | Depicted in a poem by George Meredith that later inspired Ralph Vaughan Williams to write a classical piece, a bird noted for its continuous melodic song when high in flight (7) |
| PURVIEW | Range of thought over at university that is in Ralph Vaughan Williams' early letters |
| TUBA | Instrument featured in a Ralph Vaughan Williams concerto |
| OBOE | Instrument featured in a Ralph Vaughan Williams concerto |
| AUTODAFE | One-act stage play by Tennessee Williams first produced in New York in 1947 |
