| RESPIGHI | Ottorino, Italian composer (8) |
| ROMAN | - Trilogy ; series of symphonic poems by Italian composer Ottorino Respighi (5) |
| FOUNTAINS | - of Rome; suite by Ottorino Respighi (9) |
| OTTORINO | Italian composer whose works include The Fountains of Rome and The Pines of Rome (8,8) |
| CLEMENTI | Forgiving towards Italian composer (8) |
| ALBINONI | Toneless figure recalled in Italian composer (8) |
| GIUSEPPE | -- Verdi, 1813-1901, Italian composer (8) |
| PAGANINI | Niccolo _; Italian composer (8) |
| MASCAGNI | Pietro --, Italian composer of 'Cavalleria rusticana' (8) |
| PETRASSI | Goffredo --, Italian composer (8) |
| CIMAROSA | Domenico ___, Italian composer of 1792 opera The Secret Marriage (8) |
| GABRIELI | Italian composer of Sacrae symphoniae, which includes Hodie Christus Natus Est (8) |
| GIORDANO | Umberto -, Italian composer of operas Andrea Chenier and Fedora (8) |
| RUGGIERO | Italian composer of operas including 1892's I Pagliacci (8,11) |
| VERDICTS | Italian composer is presented with court's judgments (8) |
| CATALANI | Italian composer Alfredo |
| SPONTINI | Gaspare ?, Italian composer of operas Olimpie and La Vestale |
| RELIEVED | No longer worried about Italian composer fishing here in Cork perhaps |
| PICCINNI | Niccolo ___, popular Italian composer who was a rival of Gluck |
| NINOROTA | Italian composer, noted for his scores for films by Fellini and Visconti |
