| RIZZIO | 16th century Italian musician and favourite of Mary, Queen of Scots (6) |
| DUDLEY | Robert, Earl of Leicester and favourite of Elizabeth I of England (6) |
| LUTIST | Passionate longing to embrace rising Italian musician (6) |
| LIMPET | A short distance back and favourite is one hanging on (6) |
| GLOVES | 16th Century Italian Marquis Muzio Frangipani invented a perfume for scenting what? (6) |
| VASARI | 16th Century Italian artist who wrote "The Lives of the Artists" |
| ESSEX | Earl of ___, title of Robert Devereux, English soldier and favourite of Queen Elizabeth I of England |
| TITIAN | 16th-century Italian old master |
| MONTEVERDI | Everyman touring Ontario with Italian musician - and another (10) |
| RALEIGH | Name the English explorer, author and favourite of Queen Elizabeth I, Sir Waiter... (7) |
| DAVIDRIZZIO | 16th-century Italian courtier who was murdered in 1566; the private secretary of Mary, Queen of Scots (5,6) |
| PIERSGAVESTON | English noble and favourite of King Edward II (5,8) |
| DAPONTE | Italian musician who wrote the libretti for Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro (2,5) |
| PUPPETMASTER | Pulls the strings for young boxer and favourite professional (6,6) |
| BENJAMIN | The youngest and favourite son of Jacob and Rachel (8) |
| TOSCANINI | Great Italian musician, following Puccini opera, turned in twice (9) |
| CORELLI | Italian musician playing cello to entertain royal on island (7) |
| VERDI | Italian musician needs decision to avoid court (5) |
| PAGANINI | Italian musician at last eating a filling local sandwich (or two?) |
| MANNERISM | Late-16th-century Italian style of painting characterised by distortion of the human figure and bright colours (9) |
