| ISOLDE | Tristan und ___ , opera by Richard Wagner based on a chivalric romance (6) |
| RIENZI | Opera by Richard Wagner based on a novel by Edward Bulwer-Lytton (6) |
| DRAGON | A lady in a chivalric romance is often captured by one of these |
| PARSIFAL | An opera in three acts by Richard Wagner, based on a 13th Century poem about an Arthurian knight (8) |
| FLYING | 'The ---', 1843 opera by Richard Wagner (6) |
| GAWAIN | Sir ___ and the Green Knight, late 14th century Middle English chivalric romance (6) |
| KNIGHT | Sir Gawain and the Green -; 14th-century chivalric romance attributed to the "Pearl Poet" (6) |
| AMADIS | "______ de Gaula", classic Spanish work of chivalric romance satirized by "Don Quixote" |
| GRIMES | Peter _, opera by Benjamin Britten first performed in London in 1945 (6) |
| FIGARO | The Marriage of ___, opera by Mozart with several film versions (6) |
| AKISSBEFORE | 1956 film starring Robert Wagner based on a novel by Ira Levin (1,4,6,5) |
| DYING | 1956 film starring Robert Wagner based on a novel by Ira Levin (1,4,6,5) |
| ONEGIN | Eugene _, opera by Tchaikovsky (6) |
| WAGNER | "Tristan und Isolde" composer Richard |
| TRISTANUND | Opera by Richard Wagner largely based on a romance by Gottfried von Strassburg (7,3,6) |
| BMAJOR | Key in which "Tristan und Isolde" concludes |
| THEFLYINGDUTCHMAN | 1843 opera by Richard Wagner inspired by a sea crossing from Riga to London (3,6,8) |
| GAMBLER | The ___, opera by Prokofiev based on a novella by Dostoevsky (7) |
| BUDD | Billy ___, opera by Benjamin Britten based on a novella by Herman Melville (4) |
| LOHENGRIN | 1850 opera by Richard Wagner about a son of Parzival (9) |
