| ERNANI | 1844 opera by Giuseppe Verdi set in Spain in the 16th century |
| ILTROVATORE | Opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi, set in Spain (2,9) |
| DONCARLOS | Opera by Verdi set in Spain |
| RUSSIA | Right, that's right in Spain, in America and in Eurasian country (6) |
| TOLEDO | Poetic tribute to Biblical figure looking back found in Spain in Castilla-La Mancha? (6) |
| CARMEN | Bizet opera set in Spain |
| COLOMBIA | A republic in North West South America colonised by Spain in the 16th Century (8) |
| MONTERO | Round cap with a flap at the back worn by hunters, especially in Spain in the 17th and 18th centurie |
| ECUADOR | South American nation seized by Pizarro for Spain in the 16th century |
| FALANGISM | Fascist movement that emerged in Spain in the 1930s (9) |
| NABUCCO | 1842 opera by Verdi set in Jerusalem and Babylon (7) |
| AIDA | Four-act opera by Giuseppe Verdi commissioned by the khedive of Egypt and premiered in the Cairo Opera House in 1871 (4) |
| PERPIGNAN | French town located at the foot of the Pyrenees near the border with Spain, in the 13th century it was the continental capital of the then Kingdom of Mallorca (9) |
| ELDORADO | Short-lived BBC soap opera of the 1990s, set in Spain (2,6) |
| RIGOLETTO | Opera by Giuseppe Verdi based on the play Le roi s'amuse by Victor Hugo |
| LATRAVIATA | Opera by Giuseppe Verdi that includes the aria The Drinking Song (2,8) |
| PAMPLONA | City in North Spain, in the foothills of the Pyrenees, famous for its annual bull runs (8) |
| GIBRALTAR | Overseas territory of the UK ceded by Spain in the 1713 Treaty of Utrecht |
| FALANGE | The Fascist movement founded in Spain in 1933 (7) |
| RIOTINTO | Leading British-Australian mining corporation founded in Huelva in Spain in 1873 (3,5) |
