| SAVOYOPERA | Any of the Gilbert and Sullivan works originally presented by the D'Oyly Carte company |
| CUPSANDSAUCERS | One-act "satirical musical sketch" by George Grossmith performed by the D'Oyly Carte Company as a curtain raiser to HMS Pinafore |
| TUVALU | Polynesian country that formed part of the British colony of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands from 1916 to 1976 (6) |
| OPERABLE | OK for surgery to have musical works originally broadcast by the 22 across (8) |
| HENRYLYTTON | English actor associated with the D"Oyly Carte Opera Company who was knighted in 1930 (5,6) |
| OPERETTE | Form of musical drama composed by Jacques Offenbach, Franz Lehar or Arthur Sullivan and William Gilbert in collaboration by Richard D'Oyly Carte (8) |
| HOTEL | Building in the Strand built by Richard D'Oyly Carte with profits from his Gilbert and Sullivan opera productions (5,5) |
| SAVOY | Building in the Strand built by Richard D'Oyly Carte with profits from his Gilbert and Sullivan opera productions (5,5) |
| RICHARD | Given name of Mr D'Oyly Carte, impresario to Gilbert and Sullivan in Victorian England |
| SAVOYTHEATRE | Building in London that opened in 1881 to stage Gilbert and Sullivan works (5,7) |
| SAVOYHOTEL | Luxury establishment on the Strand in London, built by the impresario Richard D'Oyly Carte (5,5) |
| COMICOPERAS | Gilbert and Sullivan works |
| OPERETTAS | Gilbert and Sullivan works |
| NANKIPOO | Who was the son of the Mikado in the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta? (5-3) |
| TARAWA | Coral atoll of the Gilbert Islands in the westcentral Pacific Ocean; location of Bairiki, the administrative centre of Kiribati (6) |
| PATIENCE | One of the virtues of a Gilbert and Sullivan work |
| BRILLIANT | Word followed by Creatures gives the title of a children's wildlife show originally presented by Terry Nutkins (9) |
| LINK | Word that follows The Weakest to give the title of a game show originally presented by Anne Robinson (4) |
| MIKADO | The ---, Gilbert and Sullivan opera also called The Town Of Titipu (6) |
| POOHBAH | The Lord-High-Everything-Else in the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta The Mikado (4-3) |
