| FRANCESCA | Girl's name (Italian for French) (9) |
| AMICA | A name, Italian American for female (5) |
| CITE | Name Italian adopted by church (4) |
| RAGU | Brand name Italian sauce (4) |
| QUARTETTE | Word from Italian for a composition for four (9) |
| CABALETTA | From the Italian for "horse", a word for a short or simple aria with an accompaniment evocative of said animal's cantering or galloping gait (9) |
| CHIPOLATA | Word, from the Italian for "dish of onions", for a small thin sausage (9) |
| ANTIPASTI | Put an end to wine, Italian for starters (9) |
| PORCELAIN | From the Italian for "cowrie" (9) |
| BUONASERA | Italian for 'good evening' (9) |
| FIORITURE | From Italian for "blossoming" or "flowering", a florid embellishment of a melodic line, either notated by the composer or improvised at the discretion of an aria/opera singer (9) |
| BELVEDERE | From Italian for "beautiful sight", a gazebo, mirador, summerhouse or turret sited on a rooftop or vantage point so as to command a fine view (9) |
| MANICOTTI | From the Italian for "little sleeves" or "muffs", pasta in the form of tubes, typically served stuffed with ricotta and baked in marinara sauce (9) |
| SPAGHETTI | From Italian for "little cords", pasta in the shape of long strings (9) |
| CARBONARA | From Italian for "charcoal kiln", a spaghetti sauce of pancetta, pecorino Romano and egg yolks enriched with cream (9) |
| STORNELLO | Italian for "starling" that also refers to an improvised three-line "little turn", folk verse, poem or rhyme beginning with an invocation of a flower (9) |
| CRESCENDO | From Italian for "growing" |
| MANIFESTO | From Italian for "make public" |
| MEZZANINE | From Italian for "little middle" |
| CHARLATAN | From Italian for "chatterer" |
