| TETHERING | Restraining tenor, English, on opera cycle (9) |
| TOSCANINI | Maestro elected to double back on opera (9) |
| GATHERING | Content to leave Glinka opera cycle for a party (9) |
| MOTHERING | Taking care of how one works on operas (9) |
| GODIVA | Cheer on opera star, one who appeared naked (6) |
| AIDA | Help with an article on opera (4) |
| ARIA | '___ Code' (podcast on opera) |
| CARMEN | Vehicle workers put on opera (6) |
| GENOA | Information and tips on opera in Italian city (5) |
| LEATHERING | Punishment for having mead before opera cycle (10) |
| TURANDOT | Opera cycle containing a bit associated with Morse |
| PALESTRINA | Most unimpressive opera cycle left incomplete by a composer |
| THERING | Opera cycle by Richard Wagner (3,4) |
| RING | Which famous opera cycle includes Das Rheingold and Gotterdammerung ? (4) |
| DES | Der Ring ___ Nibelungen, Wagner opera cycle (3) |
| RICHARDWAGNER | German composer of the epic four-opera cycle The Ring of the Nibelung in the 1860s and 1870s (7,6) |
| HORNED | The origins of What enduring but false stereotype can be traced to costume designs for Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen opera cycle productions of the 1870s? (6,6,7) |
| HELMETS | The origins of What enduring but false stereotype can be traced to costume designs for Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen opera cycle productions of the 1870s? (6,6,7) |
| VIKING | The origins of What enduring but false stereotype can be traced to costume designs for Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen opera cycle productions of the 1870s? (6,6,7) |
| EARDROPS | Doctor worked on operas - they're for the listeners (8) |
