| OPERAHOUSE | Sydney's waterside landmark or La Scala in Milan (5,5) |
| OPERA | Type of drama set to music at the Palais Garnier in Paris, La Scala in Milan or the Bolshoi in Moscow, for example (5) |
| NORMA | Opera in two acts by Vincenzo Bellini, first performed at La Scala in Milan on Boxing Day 1831 (5) |
| OPERAGOER | One who frequents, say, La Scala in Milan (5,4) |
| TOSCANINI | Arturo _, Italian conductor who was music director of La Scala in Milan (9) |
| OPERAS | Covent Garden or La Scala spectacles |
| MADAMEBUTTERFLY | It premiered at La Scala in 1904 |
| OPERAHOUSES | *The Met and La Scala (in essence) |
| ALEXANDRIA | City in Egypt or Louisiana |
| ALLA | Teatro ___ Scala, in Milan |
| FALSTAFF | Opera by Giuseppe Verdi about a Shakespearean character, premiered at La Scala in 1893 |
| OBELESK | Tapering stone pillar as a landmark or monument; or, a conical support for roses, clematis etc (7) |
| OBELISK | A tapering column or pillar of stone set up as a landmark or monument (7) |
| CHASER | A hunter; a horse used for a race originally in which church spires served as course landmarks; or, a silversmith skilled in repousse (6) |
| NATURALBRIDGE | Virginia landmark, or a dental restoration that occurs on its own? |
| CAIRN | A mound of stones erected as a landmark or memorial (5) |
| GIA | Scala in "The Guns of Navarone" |
| CITES | Names landmarks or eyesores, we hear |
| HERS | "De ella" in Spanish, or "la sua" in Italian |
| EUROS | Money in la banque or la banca |
