| MERRIE | & 23A 1902 comic opera by Edward German and Basil Hood (6,7) |
| ENGLAND | 1902 comic opera by Edward German and Basil Hood (7) |
| MERRIEENGLAND | 1902 operetta by Edward German (6,7) |
| ALBERTHERRING | 1947 comic opera by Benjamin Britten (6,7) |
| THEROSEOF | And 21 Opera by Arthur Sullivan and Basil Hood first performed in 1899 (3,4,2,6) |
| PERSIA | Opera by Arthur Sullivan and Basil Hood first performed in 1899 |
| THEROSEOFPERSIA | Opera by Arthur Sullivan and Basil Hood first performed in 1899 |
| EDWARDGERMAN | British composer of 1902 comic opera Merrie England (6,6) |
| ADMIRABLE | The ___ Crichton, 1902 comic play by J M Barrie (9) |
| DREDGER | One cleaning up bed of Dr Edward German |
| JURY | Trial By ___, comic opera by Gilbert and Sullivan first performed in 1875 (4) |
| THEGONDOLIERS | 1889 comic opera by 17 and 23 across (3,10) |
| PRAYERBOOK | Comic opera by Lehar's ending fair - one opened by vicar? |
| PENZANCE | Cornish town depicted in a comic opera by Gilbert and Sullivan (8) |
| MIKADO | The ____ , comic opera by Gilbert and Sullivan set in an imaginary Japanese town (6) |
| IOLANTHE | Comic opera by Gilbert and Sullivan (1882) (8) |
| BUNTHORNE | Patience or - 's Bride , a comic opera by Gilbert and Sullivan (9) |
| THEMIKADO | 1885 comic opera by Gilbert and Sullivan set in Japan (3,6) |
| PIRATES | The Of Penzance, 1879 comic opera by Gilbert and Sullivan (7) |
| COXANDBOX | 1866 one-act comic opera by Arthur Sullivan and F C Burnand (3,3,3) |
