| GIAN | Part of Menotti's name |
| AMAHL | Hero of Menotti's Christmas opera |
| MAGDA | Heroine of Menotti's opera "The Consul" |
| GEDDA | Who was the tenor in the world premiere of Barber and Menotti's The Last Savage (1963) |
| OPERA | Menotti's "The Consul," e.g. |
| AMELIA | Menotti's "___ Goes to the Ball" |
| AMAHLSHOOKUP | What Menotti's Wise Men left? |
| DIVERTIMENTOS | Music from Verdi, Menotti's arrangement |
| ARIA | Menotti's "Lullaby," for one |
| NIGHT | see 15ac, Latin name for Anatolia, the Asian part of Turkey (4,5) |
| ARMS | see 15ac, Latin name for Anatolia, the Asian part of Turkey (4,5) |
| CITY | see 15ac, Latin name for Anatolia, the Asian part of Turkey (4,5) |
| FREE | see 15ac, Latin name for Anatolia, the Asian part of Turkey (4,5) |
| AMEAL | see 15ac, Latin name for Anatolia, the Asian part of Turkey (4,5) |
| AND | see 15ac, Latin name for Anatolia, the Asian part of Turkey (4,5) |
| DEAL | see 15ac, Latin name for Anatolia, the Asian part of Turkey (4,5) |
| LORE | see 15ac, Latin name for Anatolia, the Asian part of Turkey (4,5) |
| FORCE | see 15ac, Latin name for Anatolia, the Asian part of Turkey (4,5) |
| VISION | see 15ac, Latin name for Anatolia, the Asian part of Turkey (4,5) |
| TEST | see 15ac, Latin name for Anatolia, the Asian part of Turkey (4,5) |