This clue appeared in the Mini Crossword on Monday, May 4, 2026 (2 Down). The answer is hidden below until you want it.
Answer length: 5 squares
First letter
O _ _ _ _
First and last letters
O _ _ _ A
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OPERA as a word: (music) A theatrical work, combining drama, music, song and sometimes dance; (music) The genre of such works, the art of composing operas.
OPERA has been an answer 11 times in the NYT Crossword and Mini since December 8, 2025.
Other clues with the same answer
- "Norma" or "Tosca"
- Work with a libretto
- Performance at Lincoln Center
- One of 22 works by Mozart, but just one work by Beethoven
- "Don Giovanni" genre
- "L'Orfeo" or "Idomeneo"
- Work of Bellini or Bizet
- "___ is where a guy gets stabbed in the back, and instead of dying, he sings": Robert Benchley
- Performance at Milan's La Scala or Naples's Teatro di San Carlo
- "The Phantom of the ___"
More clues from this puzzle
- What happens there stays there, in a saying (7 Across)
- Ctrl+P command (8 Across)
- The bad guys in "The Bad Guys" often try to crack one (9 Across)
- Says "I'll be there" or "I can't make it" (1 Down)
- "That's a ___!" ("You're making a huge assumption!") (3 Down)
- Truly stupid (4 Down)
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