Possible Clues:

• Tommy to slate Don Giovanni
• Green Day's "American Idiot," e.g
• "Tommy," notably
• The Who's ''Tommy,'' for one
• Perhaps Tommy, troubled half-hearted rapper and cook
• The Who's 'Tommy,' e.g
• Musical genre
• Show how you can make a rope
• Tommy, for example
• Tommy's one holding sway over quiet period