| SOR | Spanish composer & guitarist Fernando ___ |
| ERIK | Montreal composer and guitarist Mongrain |
| ARRABAL | Fernando ___, prolific Spanish playwright, screenwriter and poet (7) |
| ALONSO | Spanish Formula 1 racer Fernando ___ |
| HIERRO | Fernando ___ Real Madrid, Bolton Wanderers and Spain defender or midfielder (6) |
| MONTIEL | Fernando ___, WBC Bantamweight champion from 2010-11 (7) |
| POE | Filipino action star Fernando ___ Jr. |
| LAMAS | Fernando ___, 1957 Tony Award Best Actor in a Musical nominee for Happy Hunting (5) |
| MAMEDE | Portuguese runner Fernando ____ held the 10,000m world record for five years from 1984, but won no European or global championship medals |
| TORRES | Fernando ___ scored the lone goal when Spain beat Germany 1-0 in the 2008 Euro final |
| RODRIGO | Joaquin, Spanish composer of the works Fantasia para un gentilhombre and Concierto de Aranjuez (7) |
| IBERIA | Suite for piano composed between 1905 and 1909 by the Spanish composer Isaac Albeniz |
| FALLA | Manuel de ___, Spanish composer |
| HANDEL | Help the Spanish composer (6) |
| TURINA | Joaquin, Spanish composer of the 1914 opera Margot (6) |
| GRANADOS | Enrique ?, Spanish composer of 1911 piano suite Goyescas (8) |
| FALLACIOUS | Flawed Spanish composer arranged no music lacking intros |
| DEFALLA | Manuel -, Spanish composer |
| ALBENIZ | Spanish composer; in blaze (anag.) |
| PLOSIVES | Speech sounds the Spanish composer used under pressure |
