| ENGLAND | 1902 light opera by Edward German and Basil Hood (6,7) |
| MERRIE | 1902 light opera by Edward German and Basil Hood (6,7) |
| MERRIEENGLAND | 1902 operetta by Edward German (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 |
| MUSICALCOMEDY | Light opera |
| DREDGER | One cleaning up bed of Dr Edward German |
| THESORCEROR | Light opera of 1877 by Gilbert and Sullivan (3,8) |
| SINGSPIEL | Type of German light opera with spoken dialogue popular during the 18th and 19th centuries (9) |
| GIGOLO | Show starts with old light opera and version of The Playboy (6) |
| BULBOUS | Source of light opera, firstly, trailed by these people of a round sort (7) |
| SUPPE | Composer of Poet and Peasant and Pique Dame light operas |
| IRASCIBLE | Eric and Basil upset and cross |
| GILBERT | He wrote the lyrics for Sullivan's music producing such light opera hits as The Mikado and HMS Pinaf |
| HMSPINAFORE | "When I Was a Lad" is a song from which Gilbert and Sullivan light opera? (1,1,1,8) |
| BUFFO | From Italian for "gust, puff of wind", a comic bass actor in light opera, as opposed to serious or "seria" opera (5) |
| HEGIRA | Light opera with no plot twists, causing exodus (6) |
| NOVELLO | English singer's new openings in light opera (7) |
| DONPASQUALE | Group briefly coming in put on light opera |
