| PARSIFAL | Richard Wagner's last opera, which was first staged in 1882 (8) |
| GARNOCKWAY | Soap opera which was replaced by 'Take the High Road' (7,3) |
| PRESERVD | Thomas Otway play subtitled A Plot Discovered first staged in 1682 (6,8) |
| ABUDHABI | Formula One Grand Prix first staged in 2009 at the Yas Marina Circuit (3,5) |
| TEAPARTY | Harold Pinter play first staged in 1968 (3,5) |
| WIGHTMAN | The --- Cup was an annual tournament between British and American women's tennis teams which was first contested in 1923 (8) |
| ORFF | Carl ?, German composer whose scenic cantata Carmina Burana was first staged in 1937 (4) |
| LILLO | George ?, English dramatist whose The London Merchant was first staged in 1731 |
| LEHMKUHL | Wiebke, German contralto who sang Voice of Erda in Richard Wagner's Das Rheingold at the Royal Opera House in 2023 (8) |
| LESDARCY | Boxer in Raffaele Marcellino's opera, which premiered in 2001 at the Ten Days on the Island Festival |
| LABOHEME | Opera which begins and ends in a garret |
| DIENSTAG | Stockhausen opera staged in Barking (8) |
| TWILIGHT | - of the Gods; Richard Wagner's Gotterdammerung (8) |
| TYPECAST | Petty scam largely formulated and staged in same way? (8) |
| OPERETTA | Choose to eat before Cheers that's staged in theatre (8) |
| TURANDOT | Puccini's last opera (8) |
| FALSTAFF | Verdi's last opera (8) |
| MASSENET | Jules ---, French composer best known for his operas, which included Manon (8) |
| LABURNUMGROVE | Play by J.B. Priestley, first staged in 1933 (8,5) |
| BESS | Porgy And ---, Gershwin opera first staged in 1935 |
