| DONIZETTI | Surname of the Italian composer whose operas included Lucia di Lammermoor and Lucrezia Borgia |
| GAETANODONIZETTI | Italian operatic composer whose works include Lucia di Lammermoor and La Fille du regiment |
| BORGIA | Cesare and Lucrezia -, ruthless Italians |
| SCOTT | Sir Walter -; author who wrote the Waverley novels including The Antiquary, Rob Roy, The Bride of Lammermoor and Kenilworth (5) |
| PUCCINI | Giacomo _, Italian composer whose operas included La Boheme and Tosca (7) |
| SALIERI | Surname of the Italian composer who had Beethoven, Liszt and Mozart as pupils (7) |
| ZEMLINSKY | Alexander ___, Austrian composer whose operas included The Dwarf and A Florentine Tragedy (9) |
| PAISIELLO | Giovanni ?, Italian composer whose operas include The Barber of Seville and Proserpine (9) |
| LULLY | Jean-Baptiste, 17c Italian-born composer whose operas included Alceste (5) |
| WAGNER | Name a renowned German composer whose operas included Tristan and Isolde (6) |
| VERDI | Italian composer whose opera La Forza del Destino (The Force of Destiny) carries the stigma of being |
| OTTORINORESPIGHI | Italian composer whose works include the suites The Fountains of Rome and The Pines of Rome |
| CLAUDIOMONTEVERDI | Italian composer whose operas include Orfeo and L'Incoronazione di Poppea |
| GALILEI | The surname of the Italian natural philosopher, astronomer, and mathematician who discovered the moons Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto (7) |
| OTTORINO | Italian composer whose works include The Fountains of Rome and The Pines of Rome (8,8) |
| RESPIGHI | Italian composer whose works include The Fountains of Rome and The Pines of Rome (8,8) |
| BOTTESINI | Giovanni ?, Italian composer whose operas include Ero e Leandro and Marion Delorme |
| MALIPIERO | Gian Francesco ___, Italian composer whose operas include Giulio Cesare and Antonio e Cleopatra |
| BELLINI | Italian composer whose opera Norma contains the aria Casta Diva (7) |
| GIOVANNIBATTISTA | First names of the Italian composer Pergolesi |
