| RIENZI | Opera by Richard Wagner based on a novel by Edward Bulwer-Lytton (6) |
| ISOLDE | Tristan und ___ , opera by Richard Wagner based on a chivalric romance (6) |
| EUGENEARAM | English murderer celebrated in a ballad by Thomas Hood and a novel by Edward Bulwer-Lytton |
| PARSIFAL | An opera in three acts by Richard Wagner, based on a 13th Century poem about an Arthurian knight (8) |
| SARUM | Old -; site of an ancient settlement near Salisbury depicted in a novel by Edward Rutherfurd (5) |
| PELHAM | Prime minister from 1743-54; Edward Bulwer-Lytton novel; or, a type of bit (6) |
| POMPEII | The Last Days of ___, novel by Edward Bulwer-Lytton (7) |
| FLYING | 'The ---', 1843 opera by Richard Wagner (6) |
| LONDON | 1997 novel by Edward Rutherfurd that spans two millennia (6) |
| IONE | Heroine in The Last Days of Pompeii by Edward Bulwer-Lytton |
| AKISSBEFORE | 1956 film starring Robert Wagner based on a novel by Ira Levin (1,4,6,5) |
| DYING | 1956 film starring Robert Wagner based on a novel by Ira Levin (1,4,6,5) |
| LYTTON | Edward Bulwer--; author of Pelham and The Last Days of Pompeii (6) |
| TRISTANUND | Opera by Richard Wagner largely based on a romance by Gottfried von Strassburg (7,3,6) |
| THEFLYINGDUTCHMAN | 1843 opera by Richard Wagner inspired by a sea crossing from Riga to London (3,6,8) |
| PEN | Enclosure such as a dry-stone sheepfold; female swan; or, a device mightier than the sword, according to writer Edward Bulwer-Lytton (3) |
| SWORD | 'The pen is mightier than the ___' (Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Richelieu, 1839) (5) |
| KNEBWORTH | --- House, mansion in Hertfordshire, the former home of Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton (9) |
| KNEBWORTHHOUSE | Tudor mansion in Hertfordshire, home of Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton (9,5) |
| LOHENGRIN | 1850 opera by Richard Wagner about a son of Parzival (9) |
