| ILLADRO | L'occasione fa - -; opera by Gioachino Rossini (2,5) |
| REDLETTERDAY | Memorable occasione (3-6,3) |
| SEVILLE | Setting of a play by French polymath Pierre Beaumarchais and subsequent opera by Gioachino Rossini which is the capital of Andalusia (7) |
| ZELMIRA | 1822 opera in two acts by Gioachino Rossini to a libretto by Andrea Leone Tottola |
| THETHIEVING | 1817 opera by Gioachino Rossini after a comedy by d'Aubigny and Caigniez (3,8,6) |
| TANCREDI | 1813 opera by Gioachino Rossini (8) |
| THEBARBER | 1816 opera by Gioachino Rossini subtitled The Useless Precaution |
| THEBARBEROFSEVILLE | 1816 opera by Gioachino Rossini subtitled The Useless Precaution |
| OFSEVILLE | 1816 opera by Gioachino Rossini subtitled The Useless Precaution (3,6,2,7) |
| DANDINI | Valet of Prince Ramiro in 1817 Gioachino Rossini opera La Cenerentola (7) |
| ROSSINI | Gioachino, Italian composer noted for his opera William Tell (7) |
| ITALIAN | Gioachino Greco or Sonia Gandhi, originally |
| GUILLAUME | Gioachino Rossini opera first performed in 1829 (9,4) |
| OPERA | Composition by Ethel Smyth or Gioachino Rossini |
| BELCANTO | 'Beautiful singing' in opera, as pioneered in the works of Gioachino Rossini, Gaetano Donizetti etc. (3,5) |
| MAGPIES | Corvids whose legendary thievery inspired an opera by Rossini (7) |
| WILLIAM | Heir No. 2 to recount Rossini opera (7,4) |
| LEAPDAY | When Rossini was born in 1792 |
| NIELSEN | Composer partial to Rossini, else Nono (7) |
| ENDINGS | The musician honoured Rossini in playing his finales (7) |
