| ARTSONG | Specialty of Franz Schubert |
| VIENNA | Austrian capital, birth city of Franz Schubert, home of Mozart, Beethoven and the Strauss family, site of the palace and gardens of Schonbrunn (6) |
| EDWIN | Anglo-Saxon king of Northumbria; or, the first name of an Orkney-bom poet who translated many of Franz Kafka's novels with his wife Willa (5) |
| ALFONSO | Titular lover of the princess Estrella in an 1822 opera by Franz Schubert (7) |
| LIEDER | German songs of which Franz Schubert wrote over 600 |
| TROUT | Fish that is the subject of Die Forelle, a lied by Franz Schubert |
| AVEMARIA | Alternative title of 'Ellen's Third Song', composed by Franz Schubert in 1825 (3,5) |
| AVE | Franz Schubert composition ___ Maria |
| SCHONE | Franz Schubert work,"Die ___ Mullerin" |
| INEFLAT | "Mass No. 6 ___ _-___ Major" by Franz Schubert |
| ERL | The ___-King by Franz Schubert |
| SARAJEVO | Scene of the assassination of Franz Ferdinand in 1914 which precipitated World War I (8) |
| EMPERORWALTZ | 1888 composition by Johann Strauss in honour of the 40th anniversary of Franz Josef's accession (7,5) |
| BREL | French actor Jacques of "Franz" |
| PREWWI | Like the time of Franz Ferdinand's reign |
| PRINCIP | Gavrilo -, assassin of Franz Ferdinand |
| THECASTLE | The last novel of Franz Kafka (3,6) |
| HANS | Partner of Franz on "SNL" |
| ELSIE | Lily ?, actress born Elsie Hodder who created the title role in 1907 English language version of Franz Lehar's The Merry Widow (5) |
| BLANKCHECK | Erase the report of Franz Kafka for one - carte blanche for the Americans! (5,5) |
