| GLINKA | Russian composer of the 1836 opera A Life for the Tsar (6) |
| RALPH | US poet who authored the 1836 essay Nature (5) |
| WALDO | US poet who authored the 1836 essay Nature (5) |
| EMERSON | US poet who authored the 1836 essay Nature (7) |
| MIKHAILGLINKA | 19th-century Russian composer whose works included the opera A Life For The Tsar (7,6) |
| LYADOV | Russian composer of the tone poems, Baba Yaga, Kikimora and The Enchanted Lake (6) |
| DELIUS | Frederick ___, composer of 1907 opera A Village Romeo and Juliet (6) |
| IVAN | "A Life for the Tsar" hero Susanin |
| TCHAIKOVSKY | Pyotr Ilyich, Russian composer of the opera The Queen Of Spades (11) |
| TSAR | "A Life for the ___" (Glinka opera) |
| STRAVINSKY | Russian composer of The Rite of Spring and The Firebird |
| SAMWOOD | American director of films such as A Night at the Opera, A Day at the Races and Goodbye, Mr. Chips |
| TAVENER | John, British composer of the opera A Gentle Spirit (7) |
| RIMSKY | And 16 Across Nikolai - - - ---, Russian composer of the orchestral suite Scheherazade (6-8) |
| BORODIN | Alexander, 19th Century Russian composer of the unfinished opera Prince Igor (7) |
| PROKOFIEV | Russian composer of The Love Of Three Oranges and Romeo And Juliet |
| KORSAKOV | Nikolai - - - ---, Russian composer of the orchestral suite Scheherazade (6-8) |
| IGOR | - - - Stravinsky, Russian composer of The Rite Of Spring (4) |
| KABALEVSKY | Russian composer of the 1938 3-act opera Colas Breugnon (10) |
| RIMSKYKORSAKOV | Russian composer of the 1888 symphonic suite Scheherazade (6-8) |
