| NELLIEMELBA | Stage name of Australian operatic soprano Helen Porter Mitchell, 1861-1931 (6,5) |
| MELBA | Dame Nellie ___, stage name of Australian operatic soprano Helen Porter Mitchell (5) |
| PEACHMELBA | Dessert named after the Australian operatic soprano born Helen Porter Mitchell (5,5) |
| DAMENELLIEMELBA | Australian soprano born Helen Porter Mitchell |
| NELLIE | Professional name of the Australian soprano Helen Mitchell (4,6,5) |
| DAME | Professional name of the Australian soprano Helen Mitchell (4,6,5) |
| MARIACALLAS | US-born Greek operatic soprano whose original surname was Kalageropoulos |
| SUTHERLAND | Dame Joan _, Australian operatic soprano who was known as "La Stupenda" (10) |
| RINGELMANN | Max, French professor of agricultural engineering (1861-1931) |
| NELLY | Dame -----Melba, Australian operatic soprano (5) |
| BERLIOZ | German city forgetting name of Australian composer (7) |
| DELTA | First name of Australian actress and singer Ms Goodrem (5) |
| GREG | First name of Australian golfer Mr Nor man (4) |
| TONI | First name of Australian actress Ms Collette (4) |
| MITCHELL | Winton backing revolutionary with equal shares for Helen Porter Starc (8) |
| GRANNYSMITH | Popular eating and cooking apple of Australian origin |
| ASTRINGENCY | Harshness of Australian reduced when in power (11) |
| BUTCHERBIRD | Type of Australian magpie that impales its prey on thorns (11) |
| NILSSON | Swedish operatic soprano noted for her interpretation of Wagnerian roles (7) |
| FLAGSTAD | Kirsten, Norwegian operatic soprano, noted particularly for her interpretations of Wagner (8) |
