saga x word

[rbind]

1a High spirits when its a break at the end of term(8)

4d.Joke about girl embraced by a couple of romans in the opera(!,8) ??????A?I

10a. Keen to perform such a work?(8)

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[Aquariel]

Opera is I Puritani (joke=pun, girl=Rita, romans = I & I)

[Quizmonster]

1a is hilarity. The 'hilary' term is the spring term of the High Court and at oxford and Dublin Universities and 'it' breaks into that word near the end.