| ELDER | Sir Mark, Music Director of the Halle Orchestra since September 2000 (5) |
| SIRJOHNBARBIROLLI | Conductor of the Halle Orchestra from 1943 to 1958 (3,4,10) |
| BARBIROLLI | Conductor of the Halle Orchestra from 1943-70 |
| RONSON | Mark ****** , music producer who co-wrote the 2014 song 'Uptown Funk' featuring Bruno Mars (6) |
| DENMARK | Which Scandinavian country voted against adopting the euro in September 2000? (7) |
| CATS | It closed in September 2000 |
| MANCHESTER | City of the Halle Orch. |
| GOSPEL | Mark's music? (6) |
| SOLTI | Georg ?, music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra from 1969-92 (5) |
| ORAMO | Sakari, Finnish chief conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra since 2013 (5) |
| MEHTA | Maestro Zubin who became the music director of the L.A. Philharmonic at age twenty-six |
| SEIJI | ____ Ozawa was music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, 1973-2002 |
| OZAWA | Conductor Seiji ___, longtime music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra |
| SZELL | George ___, Hungarian-born American conductor and composer noted for his long tenure as music director of the Cleveland Orchestra |
| SCOTT | Failsworth's Jonathan and Tom ___, who perform as The ___ Brothers Duo; Tom, is a virtuoso pianist, and Jonathan plays organ with the Halle and BBC Philharmonic (5) |
| ELGIN | ..... City, 2023-24 Scottish League Two club managed by Barry Smith since September (5) |
| SIMONRATTLE | Knighted British conductor; music director of the London Symphony Orchestra since 2017 (5,6) |
| NELSONS | Andris ?, Latvian conductor; Music Director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra since 2014 (7) |
| RATTLE | Simon, English conductor and music director of the London Symphony Orchestra since 2017 (6) |
| SONIC | Patrick Ewing, since September |
