| ELSA | The bride in Wagner's "Bridal Chorus" |
| MARRIAGESONG | Relative follows 2 down and first generation with Wagner's bridal chorus (8,4) |
| CATCHTHETRAIN | Take hold of what belongs to the bride in time for the Orient Express (5,3,5) |
| THURMAN | Uma, U.S. actress who played The Bride in the films Kill Bill: Volume 1 and 2 (7) |
| UMA | Player of The Bride in 'Kill Bill' films, familiarly |
| MAYA | Actress Rudolph who played the bride in Bridesmaids |
| LOHENGRIN | 1850 opera by Richard Wagner that includes the Bridal Chorus, better known as 'Here Comes the Bride' (9) |
| CHURCHORGAN | "Bridal Chorus" instrument |
| WEDDINGMARCH | Bridal chorus from Wagner's Lohengrin, for example (7,5) |
| VALKYRIES | Ride of the _, second of four operas in Wagner's The Ring of the Nibeiungs (9) |
| THEVALKYRIE | Second tranche in Wagner's The Ring Of The Nibelung (3,8) |
| LEIPZIG | Starts to look elegant in pink in gallery holding last waltz in Wagner's birthplace (7) |
| WOTAN | King of the gods in Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen (1869-76), based on the Norse Odin (5) |
| BRUNNHILDE | Chief of the Valkyries in Wagner's Ring Cycle (10) |
| ALBERICH | The dwarf who renounces love in Wagner's Das Rheingold |
| TENORS | Some of the knights in Wagner's "Tannhauser" |
| CHARMING | Prince ___ , heir to the throne seeking a bride in the pantomime Cinderella (8) |
| TIE | Neck accessory, sometimes with school or club colours; another word for a bride in lacemaking; a slur-like symbol in musical notation; or, equality in score or votes (3) |
| DURER | Artist, the only non-singing "master" mentioned in Wagner's Mastersingers of Nuremberg |
| ONO | Bride in the '69 news |
