| LUTOSLAWSKI | Polish composer Witold ____'s third symphony was premiered by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in 1983 |
| WHATTHEBUTLERSAW | Farce by Joe Orton that was premiered at the Queen's Theatre in London in March 1969 |
| LASOURCE | Ballet with a score composed by Leo Delibes and Ludwig Minkus which was premiered in 1866 with choreography by Arthur Saint-Leon |
| EGYPT | Where "Aida" was premiered |
| KUBELIK | Alias used by "The Bear" on its filming notices, named for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra's fifth music director |
| SOLTI | Georg ?, music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra from 1969-92 (5) |
| BARENBOIM | Daniel -, Argentina-born conductor and pianist; music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra from 1991-2006 (9) |
| GEORGSOLTI | Hungarian-born conductor who led the Chicago Symphony Orchestra from 1969 to 1991: 2 wds. |
| SILENCE | Short play by Harold Pinter premiered by the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1969, directed by Peter Hall |
| GEORG | Longtime conductor of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra |
| SWANLAKE | A ballet composed by Tchaikovsky, premiered by the Bolshoi Ballet in 1877 (4,4) |
| BASKETBALL | Sport played in the U.S. by the Chicago Bulls and New York Knicks (10) |
| SLEIGHRIDE | Leroy Anderson work premiered by the Boston Pops Orchestra on May 4, 1948 |
| IVES | An American composer and organist, who in 1947 was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his Third Symphony? (4) |
| MICHAELJORDAN | His #23 was retired by the Chicago Bulls and the Miami Heat: 2 wds. |
| MENDELSSOHN | Composer whose Scotch Symphony was inspired by a tour of Scotland in 1829 |
| ARTUROTOSCANINI | Italian conductor who was musical director of La Scala, Milan, and of the NBC symphony Orchestra in New York |
| NEWWORLD | Composed during his New York stay, Dvorak's famous ninth symphony was called From The ... (3,5) |
| PICCOLO | Beethoven's Fifth Symphony was one of the first orchestral works to include this small flute |
| VIOLA | William Walton's ____ concerto was written for Lionel Tertis, but premiered by Paul Hindemith |