| CABALETTA | Simple aria and a dance left out in rewritten act |
| SCENA | One usually includes an aria and a recitative |
| OCTAVO | Loves having rewritten Act 5 in book (6) |
| TACITURN | Rewritten Act One to become terse (8) |
| WHATADIFFERENCE | A song and a dance defy karma, as the wife found out (4,1,10,1,3,5) |
| CAVATINA | A solo song resembling a simple aria (8) |
| SONG | This, and a dance, made with a fuss (4) |
| CAUGHTACOLD | You got the bug? Of a Dutch clog and a dance? (6,1,4) |
| CANTATA | What is a short narrative set to music and sung in aria and recitative? (7) |
| SALSA | Spicy sauce and a dance (5) |
| BOLERO | Dance left and right with oboe playing |
| CATERPILLARS | Creatures force special rat to dance left and right (12) |
| CHACHACHA | Three teas and a dance (3-3-3) |
| MAKESURE | Check a remark finally included in rewritten resume (4,4) |
| ISOLATED | Oldies at dance left alone (8) |
| ASIA | Band whose albums include "Alpha," "Astra," "Aqua," "Aria," and "Arena" |
| ARIOSO | Vocal style between aria and recitative |
| LAVIEPARISIENNE | Pensive aria and line arranged from work by 8 |
| CAVALLERIARUSTICANA | Aria and curtain call save failing opera |
| NEOLOGIST | Wordsmith finds account is entered in rewritten note (9) |
