| KLEMPERER | Otto -, orchestral conductor; composer of operas Eros and Wehen (9) |
| JOHNADAMS | Composer of operas The Death of Klinghoffer and Nixon in China |
| SCARLATTI | Alessandro ?, Italian Baroque composer of operas Tigrane and Teodora |
| MEYERBEER | Giacomo ___, German composer of operas such as Robert le diable and Les Huguenots |
| DANIELBARENBOIM | Famous Israeli pianist and orchestral conductor (b.1942) (6,9) |
| OTTO | ____ Klemperer, orchestral conductor and composer born in 1885 (4) |
| DAVIES | Lancashire-born conductor, composer and former Master of the Queen's Music remembered for Eight Songs for a Mad King and Taverner (6) |
| LEONARDBERNSTEIN | US conductor-composer who wrote the Chichester Psalms and the Jeremiah Symphony (7,9) |
| JOSHUABELL | Celebrated Jewish-American violinist and orchestral conductor (b.1967) (6,4) |
| PSYCHE | Beautiful mortal princess who married Eros and became the goddess of the soul (6) |
| LOVE | Emotion of affection personified by the gods Eros and Cupid (4) |
| EROSION | Eros and I get on to wear and tear (7) |
| LEOPOLDSTOKOWSKI | British-born American orchestral conductor who conducted the music for and appeared in Disney's Fantasia |
| DIRIGENT | German term for an orchestral conductor |
| BEECHAM | Name an English orchestral conductor, Sir Thomas ... (7) |
| CANOVA | Antonio ?, Italian sculptor whose works include 1793's Eros and Psyche (6) |
| GODS | Eros and Cupid ultimately trying to mend hearts (4) |
| SIDEDOOR | Eros and Dido possibly making an entrance |
| PREVIN | Andre, conductor-composer who won Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture Oscar for Gigi (6) |
| WALTER | Bruno (1876 - 1962), German-born conductor, composer, etc (6) |
