| OTELLO | Opera by Rossini or Verdi |
| TELL | "William ___", opera by Rossini (4) |
| MOSESINEGYPT | 1818 opera by Rossini (5,2,5) |
| BARBER | Comic opera by Rossini, The ... Of Seville |
| BARBEROFSEVILLE | 'The -- -- --', two-act opera by Rossini (6,2,7) |
| MAGPIE | The Thieving ------, opera by Rossini (6) |
| EGYPT | 'Moses in ', opera by Rossini (5) |
| WILLIAMTELL | 1829 opera by Rossini (7,4) |
| ITALIAN | 'The --- Woman in Algiers', comic opera by Rossini (7) |
| THIEVING | 'The ---', 1817 opera by Rossini (8,6) |
| LACENERENTOLA | Opera by Rossini first produced in Rome in 1817 (2,11) |
| MAGPIES | Corvids whose legendary thievery inspired an opera by Rossini (7) |
| OPERA | Musical work created by Wagner or Verdi, for example |
| ARIA | Type of song written by Puccini or Verdi |
| AIDA | A princess in opera? Either G&S or Verdi |
| COMPOSER | Vivaldi or Verdi |
| THEBARBEROF | Comic opera in two acts by Rossini, first performed in 1816 (3,6,2,7) |
| SEVILLE | Comic opera in two acts by Rossini, first performed in 1816 (3,6,2,7) |
| OFSEVILLE | The, opera buffa in two acts by Rossini, first performed in 1816 (6,2,7) |
| THEBARBER | Opera buffa in two acts by Rossini, first performed in 1816 (3,6,2,7) |
