Opera Spotlight
The first opera is generally acknowledged to be "Dafne" by Jacopo Peri, written in 1597, but unfortunately, most of its music has been lost.
- Grid
- 13 × 13 Maxi
- Clues
- 62 8 themed
- Average solve
- 19:10 803 solves
- Rating
- 4.5 (21)
- Published
- 16 Feb 2026 Music Monday
Clues
- 1a: Grade (4)
- 5a: Honest ___, nickname of President Lincoln (3)
- 8a: "Porgy and ___," opera by George Gershwin (4)
- 12a: Demands more than usual (4,1,3)
- 14a: "___'s Gold," movie starring Peter Fonda (4)