| NANKIPOO | Who was the son of the Mikado in the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta? (5-3) |
| BASS | *The Mikado in "The Mikado," e.g. |
| POOHBAH | The Lord-High-Everything-Else in the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta The Mikado (4-3) |
| YUMYUM | Young ward of Ko-Ko in the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta The Mikado (3-3) |
| MIKADO | Japanese emperor, as in the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta (6) |
| STREPHON | The Arcadian shepherd in the Gilbert & Sullivan operetta Iolanthe (8) |
| MELISSA | Lady Blanche's daughter in the Gilbert and Sullivan comic opera 'Princess Ida' (7) |
| SAVOYOPERA | Any of the Gilbert and Sullivan works originally presented by the D'Oyly Carte company |
| KIRIBATI | Independent republic in the Pacific comprising 33 islands including Banaba , the Gilbert and Phoenix Islands, and eight of the Line Islands |
| JOHN | And 21 The sixth President of the US and the son of the second US President (4,6,5) |
| QUINCYADAMS | The sixth President of the US and the son of the second US President (4,6,5) |
| TITIPU | "The Town of ___", alternative title of The Mikado by Gilbert and Sullivan (6) |
| OLDPRETENDER | The ___, nickname of Prince James, Prince of Wales, the son of the deposed James II of England (3,9) |
| NEOPTOLEMUS | In Greek mythology, the son of the warrior Achilles who slays King Priam after the fall of Troy (11) |
| EDSEL | Model of Ford motor car named after the son of the founder of the company, Henry (5) |
| TUVALU | Polynesian country that formed part of the British colony of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands from 1916 to 1976 (6) |
| SELLARS | Peter, American stage director whose opera productions include The Mikado in Chicago in 1984 (7) |
| TARAWA | Coral atoll of the Gilbert Islands in the westcentral Pacific Ocean; location of Bairiki, the administrative centre of Kiribati (6) |
| EPIGONI | In Greek legend, the sons of the "Seven against Thebes" who avenged the death of their fathers (7) |
| PETER | Lord ... Wimsey, fictional detective who is the son of the 15th Duke of Denver (5) |
