| La Scala headliner | 18 |
| Callas, for one | 15 |
| Callas was one | 14 |
| Aria performer | 14 |
| Vain sort | 9 |
| Temperamental sort | 18 |
| Sutherland, for one | 19 |
| Sutherland is one | 17 |
| Star with attitude | 18 |
| Star soprano | 12 |
| Songstress with attitude | 24 |
| Singer with attitude | 20 |
| Sills or Pons, e.g. | 19 |
| She can carry a tune | 20 |
| Queen of the opera | 18 |
| Price or Sutherland | 19 |
| Performer at the Met | 20 |
| Operatic soloist | 16 |
| Opera celeb | 11 |
| Maria Callas, e.g. | 18 |
| Madonna or Cher, e.g. | 21 |
| Jessye Norman, e.g. | 19 |
| High-maintenance actress | 24 |
| Hard-to-please actress | 22 |
| Female megastar, in pop music | 29 |
| Female megastar, in music | 25 |
| Demanding star | 14 |
| Covent Garden performer | 23 |
| Barbra, for one | 15 |
| "Me, me, me" sort | 27 |
| Woman who can carry a tune | 26 |
| Very fussy star | 15 |
| Upscale singer? | 15 |
| Troyanos, e.g. | 14 |
| Traubel was one | 15 |
| Tosca is one | 12 |
| Title given to Maria Callas or Mariah Carey | 43 |
| Title given to Madonna and Aretha Franklin | 42 |
| The "fat lady" herself | 32 |
| Teresa Stratas, e.g. | 20 |
| Tebaldi or Te Kanawa e.g. | 26 |
| Tebaldi or Te Kanawa | 20 |
| Tantrum thrower, maybe | 22 |
| Super soprano | 13 |
| Stuck-up star | 13 |
| Singing sensation | 17 |
| Singer with an ego | 18 |
| Singer with a reputation for being self-centered | 48 |
| Singer who definitely has her own dressing room | 47 |
| Sills or Sutherland | 19 |
| Sills or Mills | 14 |
| Showbiz egotist | 15 |
| Shirley Verrett, for one | 24 |
| She's often in the high-C areas | 35 |
| She's in the high-C areas | 29 |
| She's got the music in her | 30 |
| She may try an agent | 20 |
| She may be glamorous and successful | 35 |
| Renee Fleming, for one | 22 |
| Prominent female performer | 26 |
| Price or Pons | 13 |
| Price or Battle | 15 |
| Pop star, sometimes | 19 |
| Pop __ | 6 |
| Pons, for one | 13 |
| Peters or Pons | 14 |
| Palais Garnier star | 19 |
| Operatic superstar | 18 |
| Opera superstar | 15 |
| Opera singer supreme | 20 |
| Opera persona | 13 |
| One with her own dressing room, surely | 38 |
| One with a comically long rider, probably | 41 |
| One whose area is arias | 23 |
| One who might receive roses at the end of a performance | 55 |
| Narcissistic celeb | 18 |
| Miss Sills, for one | 19 |
| Miss Callas, for one | 20 |
| Millo or Sills | 14 |
| Millo or Mitchell | 17 |
| Midler's "___ Las Vegas" | 38 |
| Met V.I.P. | 10 |
| Met star, perhaps | 17 |
| Met attraction | 14 |
| Met # 1? | 8 |
| Marilyn Horne, e.g. | 19 |
| Maria Callas, for one | 21 |
| Many an exploding star | 22 |
| Literally, "goddess" | 30 |
| Leontyne Price, for one | 23 |
| La Scala V.I.P. | 15 |
| Kathleen Battle, for one | 24 |
| Kathleen Battle is one | 22 |
| Julia Migenes-Johnson, e.g. | 27 |
| Joan Sutherland, e.g. | 21 |
| Hissy-prone missy | 17 |
| High-maintenance performer | 26 |
| High-maintenance opera singer | 29 |
| Hard-to-work-with type | 22 |
| Hard-to-please star | 19 |