| ALFONSO | Titular lover of the princess Estrella in an 1822 opera by Franz Schubert (7) |
| ZELMIRA | 1822 opera in two acts by Gioachino Rossini to a libretto by Andrea Leone Tottola |
| ANNA | Count Vronsky's titular lover in a classic Tolstoy novel |
| ANTONY | Titular lover in a Shakespeare tragedy |
| ELSOL | La estrella mas brillante |
| SOL | Estrella nearest us |
| INEFLAT | "Mass No. 6 ___ _-___ Major" by Franz Schubert |
| CULTURE | Obsessive lover of the arts (with a bird) (7,7) |
| LARISSA | Moon of Neptune named after a lover of the mythical Poseidon (7) |
| PATRIOT | I have to part with a lover of the land (7) |
| ARTSONG | Vocal number by Austrian composer Franz Schubert: 2 wds. |
| ESTHETE | Lover of the beauty of art |
| AMERIKA | Incomplete novel by Franz Kafka also known as Der Verschollene published posthumously in 1927 (7) |
| 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) |
| ERL | The ___-King by 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) |
| CASANOVA | This great lover of the 18th century may have attended the first performance of Mozart's Don Giovanni, the opera based on the mythical Don Juan |
| AESTHETE | Lover of the arts moves the seat near the back of the theatre (8) |
| GRAPES | Lovers of the fruit of the vine are keen on these hostelries: The ___ Inn, Halton Road, Runcorn, and the Fox and ___, in Hawarden, Deeside (6) |
