| ALBERTHERRING | Comic opera by Benjamin Britten |
| BUDD | Billy ___ , sailor created by Herman Melville, later the title character in an opera by Benjamin Britten (4) |
| OWENWINGRAVE | Opera by Benjamin Britten based on a work by Henry James (4,8) |
| BILLYBUDD | Opera by Benjamin Britten based on a story by Herman Melville (5,4) |
| PETERGRIMES | 1945 opera by Benjamin Britten (5,6) |
| GLORIANA | 1953 opera by Benjamin Britten (8) |
| ALBERTH | 1947 opera by Benjamin Britten |
| ALBERT | 1947 opera by Benjamin Britten (6,7) |
| HERRING | 1947 opera by Benjamin Britten (6,7) |
| LUCRETIA | 'The Rape of --', opera by Benjamin Britten (8) |
| PETER | '-- Grimes', opera by Benjamin Britten (5) |
| GRIMES | 'Peter -', opera by Benjamin Britten (6) |
| CRABBE | Poet whose character Peter Grimes in The Borough inspired an opera by Benjamin Britten (6) |
| THERAPEOFLUCRETIA | Opera by Benjamin Britten, written for Kathleen Ferrier (3,4,2,8) |
| NOYESFLUDDE | 1958 opera by Benjamin Britten adapted from the Chester miracle play (5,6) |
| PRAYERBOOK | Comic opera by Lehar's ending fair - one opened by vicar? |
| JURY | Trial By ___, comic opera by Gilbert and Sullivan first performed in 1875 (4) |
| MAGIC | The ___, 1893 comic opera by Isaac Albeniz (5,4) |
| PASQUALE | 'Don --', comic opera by Donizetti (8) |
| BARBER | Comic opera by Rossini, The ... Of Seville |
