| HAYDN | Who, in 1791, composed his "Surprise Symphony"? (5) |
| HAYDNPLACE | Nightclub that plays the 'Surprise' Symphony? |
| HAYDNSEEK | Search for the "Surprise Symphony"? |
| POGES | Buckinghamshire village in which Thomas Gray composed his Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard (5,5) |
| STOKE | Buckinghamshire village in which Thomas Gray composed his Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard (5,5) |
| HEGEL | Composer famous for his "Surprise", "Clock", "London" and "Military" symphonies (5) |
| CHOIR | Formed in 1791, what was the Berlin Sing-Akademie? (5) |
| AFTON | Sweet ____, lyrical poem by Scottish poet Robert Burns written in 1791 (5) |
| LILAC | What colour name was introduced in 1791, taken from a flower? (5) |
| NINTH | Note in the unfinished symphony? (5) |
| METRE | One ten-millionth of the distance between the North Pole and the equator (as defined by the French Academy of Sciences in 1791) |
| REEDS | Strips at the symphony? |
| STOKEPOGES | Buckinghamshire village in which Thomas Gray is believed to have composed his Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard (5,5) |
| DVORAK | He composed his ninth symphony in Manhattan in 1893 |
| PHILIPGLASS | Who withdrew his Lincoln Symphony from premiering in June 2026 because he said the current leadership and values of the Kennedy Centre are "in direct conflict with the message of the Symphony"? (6,5) |
| LIMEY | Briton not beginning to express his surprise (5) |
| MILTON | English poet who composed his epic Paradise Lost, beginning in medias res, some 16 years after he had become completely blind (6) |
| MAGICFLUTE | The - - - - - -, opera by Mozart premiered shortly before his death in 1791 (5,5) |
| THEMAGICFLUTE | Opera by Mozart premiered shortly before his death in 1791 (3,5,5) |
| DEAF | Like Beethoven when he composed his Ninth Symphony |
