| TIPPETT | Sir Michael -; composer of the oratorio A Child of Our Time (7) |
| NYMAN | Michael ---, composer of the score for the film The Piano |
| MICHAELTIPPETT | English composer whose works include the oratorio A Child of Our Time and the opera The Midsummer Marriage |
| STANLEY | John ___, 18th-century organist; composer of the oratorio Jephthah (7) |
| WINSTON | Surname of Robert, the doctor who has presented many BBC shows, including Your Life In Their Hands, Child Of Our Time and The Human Body (7) |
| STAINER | Sir John ___, British composer and organist whose works include the oratorio The Crucifixion |
| MESSIAH | The oratorio one long expected (7) |
| ELGAR | Edward, composer of the oratorio The Dream of Gerontius (5) |
| LAD | A Child of Our Time's opening line (3) |
| HANDEL | George Frideric, German composer of the oratorio Samson (6) |
| ORFF | Carl, German composer of the oratorio Carmina Burana (4) |
| ARNE | Composer of the oratorio "Judith" |
| PERGOLESI | Italian composer of the oratorio San Guglielmo |
| MENDELSSOHN | German composer of the oratorio Elijah (1846) |
| GEORGEFREDERICKHANDEL | Composer of the oratorios Saul and Israel in Egypt |
| HENZE | Hans Werner ___, German composer whose works include the oratorio The Raft of the Medusa |
| ARIOSO | In opera and oratorio, a composition for solo voice combining elements of a recitative and aria; from Italian, 'airy' (6) |
| HAYDN | see 2dn, Austrian composer who wrote the oratorios The Creation and The Seasons |
| JOSEPH | and 28dn, Austrian composer who wrote the oratorios The Creation and The Seasons |
| JOSEPHHAYDN | Austrian composer who wrote the oratorios The Creation and The Seasons |
