| MILKWOOD | Shortly before his death, Welsh poet Dylan Thomas narrated on radio his famous work set in the villa |
| LLAREGGUB | Fictional setting of the 1954 radio drama Under Milk Wood by Welsh poet Dylan Thomas (9) |
| UNDERMILKWOOD | Play by Welsh poet Dylan Thomas, commissioned by the BBC as a radio drama (5,4,4) |
| MAGICFLUTE | The - - - - - -, opera by Mozart premiered shortly before his death in 1791 (5,5) |
| RICH | Shortly before his death, a nurse asked the drummer Buddy ___ whether he was allergic to anything: "Yes, country-and-western music" |
| TIVOLI | Hadrian's Villa, built in the 2nd century CE at this Italian city, is considered the epitome in architecture of the opulence and elegance of the Roman world. The villa, also known as Villa Adriana, wa |
| SWANSEA | Birthplace of Welsh poet Dylan Thomas (b.1914 d.1953) |
| UCCELLO | Artist who painted The Hunt in the Forest, one of his last major perspective pieces before his death in 1475 (7) |
| THEMAGICFLUTE | Opera by Mozart premiered shortly before his death in 1791 (3,5,5) |
| CEBU | Philippine island where Magellan landed shortly before his death |
| MASON | Author of the Inspector Hanaud novels including At the Villa Rose, The Prisoner in the Opal, They Wouldn't Be Chessmen and The House in Lordship Lane (5) |
| UNDER | _ Milk Wood, 1954 radio drama by the poet Dylan Thomas (5) |
| MOUNTNEBO | Biblical location 'in the land of Moab' from which Moses viewed the Promised Land before his death (Deuteronomy 32:49) (5,4) |
| CROSSCREEK | 1942 Rawlings work set in the backwoods of Florida |
| HISTORICALNOVEL | Literary work set in the past (10,5) |
| PERIODPIECE | Person with epic ode I fancy, work set in the past (6,5) |
| CRISPIAN | In 4.3, during the last battle, King Henry mentions the name of a saint in his famous speech. Who is it? |
| SYLVESTER | "Thufferin' Thuccotash!" lisps this cat in his first animation appearance in 1945 (his famous partnership with Tweety Pie commenced the next year) |
| WELSH | What nationality was the poet Dylan Thomas? (5) |
| FLACO | Owl that escaped from the Central Park Zoo in 2023 and became an online celebrity, before his death last month |
