Answer to ""Billy Budd" for one" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word OPERA , but the solution may also be NOVELLA which is one of the most recent solution (2010 in Newsday).

"Billy Budd" for one crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
OPERA	40 %	5
NOVELLA	30 %	7
NOVELETTE	10 %	9
TAR	10 %	3
SEAMAN	10 %	6

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: "Billy Budd" for one

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.

• melville
• tar
• opera
• britten
• novella
• novelette
• ustinov
• vere
• beer
• taste
• cutting
• pal

Crossword Answer definitions

OPERA noun

1. A theatrical work, combining drama, music, song and sometimes dance.
2. The score for such a work.
3. A building designed for the performance of such works; an opera house.
4. A company dedicated to performing such works.
5. (by extension) Any showy, melodramatic or unrealistic production resembling an opera.

OPERA noun

1. A work of music or set of works with a specified rank in an ordering of a composer's complete published works.
2. A work, especially of art.

More crossword clues leading to the same solutions

Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution

More clues leading to the result OPERA

• "Falstaff," e.g.
• "Boris Godunov," for one
• "Lulu" or "Norma"
• A Mozart work
• Horse __ (western)
• Mozart work
• Musical art form
• Musical drama
• "Amahl and the Night Visitors," for one
• "Falstaff"

More clues leading to the result NOVELLA

• Form of fiction
• Short book
• Long story made short?
• "Heart of Darkness," for one
• Short story's big brother
• Welty's "The Optimist's Daughter," e.g.
• Long short story
• "Animal Farm," for one
• King's "The Library Policeman," e.g.
• "Billy Budd," for one

More clues leading to the result NOVELETTE

• "Billy Budd," e.g.
• Agee's "The Morning Watch,"
• "Billy Budd," for one
• Short story
• Short read
• Short romance.
• Magazine feature.
• Literary form.
• Short work.
• Long short story

More clues leading to the result TAR

• Black gunk
• Defile
• Highway-crew need
• Macadam material
• Pitch
• Pitch yielder
• Roofing material
• Seafarer
• Sticky black stuff
• __ Heel (North Carolinian)

More clues leading to the result SEAMAN

• Nellie Bly
• Tar
• On the water
• "Master and Commander" extra
• "Able" military figure
• Navy recruit
• Hand on deck
• Landlubber's opposite
• Mariner
• Queeg or Queequeg