| EFREM | Son of a virtuoso violinist and an opera singer, this actor created the role of Stu Bailey on TV's 7 |
| INVENTS | Does what Thomas Edison did, using nine TVs (7) |
| SEVILLE | Andalusian capital used as the setting of Bizet's Carmen and an opera buffa by Rossini (7) |
| DONADAMS | In 1965 Get Smart went to air on NBC in America - this actor created the role of bumbling CONTROL sp |
| WOODROW | Estranged daughter of Stu Carpenter in Coronation Street (7,7) |
| BRIDGET | Estranged daughter of Stu Carpenter in Coronation Street (7,7) |
| LOU | ___ Diamond Phillips ("La Bamba" star who appeared on "The Masked Singer" this year) |
| CHANDRAWILSON | Portrayer of Dr. Miranda Bailey on "Grey's Anatomy": 2 wds. |
| BIKEL | Theodore ?, folk singer-actor who created the role of Captain Georg von Trapp in The Sound of Music on Broadway in 1959 (5) |
| PEARS | Peter ___, English tenor who created the role of Peter Quint in Benjamin Britten's 1954 opera The Turn of the Screw (5) |
| BENDA | Bohemian composer and virtuoso violinist who worked for much of his life at the court of the flautist future Frederick the Great (5) |
| SARAH | Ms Brightman, Andrew Lloyd-Webber's muse who created the role of Christine in his Phantom Of The Opera |
| TWOTONTESSIE | Informally, the singer for whom Noel Coward created the role of Ada Cockle in The Girl Who Came To Supper |
| PAGANINI | What was the surname of Niccolo, the Italian virtuoso violinist and composer? (8) |
| SCHWARZKOPF | Elisabeth, German lyric soprano who created the role of Anne Trulove in Stravinsky's opera The Rake's Progress (11) |
| DARCEY | Ms. Bussell, ballerina who created the role of Princess Rose in Prince of the Pagodas (6) |
| HOTLIPSHOOLIHAN | In the movie, Sally Kellerman created the role continued by Loretta Swit in the TV version of M*A*S*H, Major Margaret ... ('7',8) |
| HOTLIPSHOULIHAN | In the movie, Sally Kellerman created the role continued by Loretta Swit in the TV version of M*A*S*H, Major Margaret ... ('7',8) |
| MENUHIN | Yehudi and Hephzibah ......., virtuoso violinist and pianist (7) |
| JOSSACKLAND | Actor who created the role of Juan Peron in the musical Evita opposite Elaine Paige |
