| THEGONDOLIERS | Ring in Rheingold set unconventionally as an operetta |
| OBSTETRICIAN | Treat bionics unconventionally as medical specialist (12) |
| MIKADO | With "The," an operetta set in Titipu |
| THEMIKADO | Kid at home performing in an operetta |
| PATIENCE | An operetta, in more than one case, sounding like this |
| PIRATES | Penzance characters in an operetta |
| UNSTEADILY | Used litany unconventionally, in an erratic fashion (10) |
| WADI | Waisted, but set out unconventionally in gully (4) |
| STEPOUTOFLINE | Act unconventionally to put one's life in order |
| PAPERTIGER | Rear pet pig unconventionally, something like a sheep in wolf's clothing |
| SUSPENDERBELT | Let Ben dress up unconventionally - wearing this, in drag? |
| BEERSTEINS | Bee unconventionally rests in Bud holders (4,6) |
| LILYPAD | Play unconventionally in hat (something green and flat) (4,3) |
| AIRTOAIRMISSILE | America militarises Rio unconventionally with a weapon for pilots in combat (3,2,3,7) |
| LEHMKUHL | Wiebke, German contralto who sang Voice of Erda in Richard Wagner's Das Rheingold at the Royal Opera House in 2023 (8) |
| VOX | ___ barbara (unconventionally-constructed word) |
| RHAPSODIC | Hard cop is unconventionally romantic (9) |
| RIDES | Travels on a horse unconventionally sired |
| TRANSPARENT | Clear partner tans unconventionally (11) |
| DRAGQUEENS | Yank going to college finds people dressed unconventionally |
