| PRECOOK | Bake in advance minced pork cut by Italian author (7) |
| ANDANTE | Speed of article by Italian writer (7) |
| SAUSAGE | ... tube-shaped case of minced pork (7) |
| WONTONS | Chinese dumplings filled with spiced minced pork, usually served in a soup (3,4) |
| LORELEI | Role played by Italian author, not very alluring figure (7) |
| PINOCCHIO | Animated marionette in an 1883 children's book by Italian author Carlo Collodi (9) |
| WONTON | In Chinese cookery, a dumpling filled with spiced minced pork, usually served in soup |
| FOUCAULTSPENDULUM | 1988 novel by Italian author Umberto Eco (9,8) |
| ECHO | Repeat hit penned by Italian author (4) |
| DILETTANTE | Dabbler - translated title accepted by Italian author (10) |
| NAME | The_ Of The Rose, 1980 debut novel by Italian author Umberto Eco (4) |
| LUNCHEONMEAT | Finely minced pork mixed with cereal, often sold in tins |
| DROPKICK | The man put the minced pork in the boot (4-4) |
| SAUSAGEROLL | Pastry wrapped around a tube of minced pork (7,4) |
| GROUNDHOG | In America, a day for minced pork (9) |
| SPARERIB | Pork cut in box served with processed brie |
| PICNICHAM | *Baked pork cut that sounds perfect for a blanket in the park |
| WORKSHOP | How pork's cut up in the small factory (8) |
| BOCCACCIO | British cocoa: one cc, about, taken by Italian writer (9) |
| ECO | Velcro oddly rejected by Italian writer Umberto (3) |
