| BOLSHOI | - Theatre, site in Moscow, Russia of the 1877 premiere of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky ballet Swan Lake |
| SWANLAKE | Ballet by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky that received its premiere in 1877 (4,4) |
| SWAN | Ballet composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in 1875-76, _ Lake (4) |
| NUTCRACKER | The ?, 1892 two-act ballet with music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (10) |
| OBOES | Double-reeded woodwinds forming part of the instrumentation of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's ballet score of The Nutcracker (5) |
| EUGENEONEGIN | 1879 opera by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (6,6) |
| ODETTE | The White Swan in the ballet Swan Lake |
| ODILE | The evil black swan in the ballet Swan Lake (5) |
| TCHAIKOVSKY | Pyotr Ilyich, Russian composer of the opera The Queen Of Spades (11) |
| FRITZ | Brother of Clara and Louise in the 1892 ballet The Nutcracker by Pyotr Tchaikovsky (5) |
| IBSEN | Henrik, author of the 1877 play The Pillars of Society (5) |
| SAINTSAENS | French composer of the 1877 grand opera Samson et Delilah (5-5) |
| SEWELL | English author of the 1877 children's novel Black Beauty (4,6) |
| ANNA | English author of the 1877 children's novel Black Beauty (4,6) |
| SQUIREGORDON | Second owner of the titular horse in the 1877 Anna Sewell novel Black Beauty, following Farmer Grey (6,6) |
| SUGAR | Dance of the - Plum Fairy ; piece for the celesta in Pyotr Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker (5) |
| THENUTCRACKER | 1892 ballet by Pyotr Tchaikovsky in which the Sugar Plum Fairy appears (3,10) |
| BEAUTY | The Sleeping _ _ _ _ _ _ , ballet first performed in 1890 with music by Russian composer Pyotr Tchaikovsky (6) |
| MUSCOVY | Medieval principality of Russia of which Moscow was the capital, last ruled by Ivan III (1462-1505) (7) |
| ANNASEWELL | Author of the 1877 novel Black Beauty (4,6) |