| RUBICON | Boundary or limitation named after Italian river (7) |
| CORSET | From the Latin for "little body", a bodice or waspie; stays; or, by extension, a restriction or limitation, such as that imposed by the Bank of England to control bank lending (6) |
| RESTRAINT | Harness, or limitation (9) |
| PICCOLO | Small coffee cup, named after Italian for 'small' (7) |
| SURFACE | Word for the outer boundary or level top layer of something (7) |
| ROMANCE | Leaders in Cremona exonerated after Italian affair |
| DANTEAN | Musician's fairly slowly cycling after Italian poet |
| HEDGING | Avoid committing yourself, particularly in relation to boundary or divisional plants in a row! (7,4,4) |
| MARBLE | From "sparkle, shine" and with the variety "pavonazzo", named after Italian for "peacock", a form of limestone used in architecture and sculpture; or, a block, carving, statue, taw etc, made of said r |
| VESPUCCI | America was named after Italian explorer Amerigo ... |
| TEENAGEMUTANT | ___ Ninja Turtles popular animated series from the 1980s about characters named after Italian Renaissance artists: 2 wds. |
| RESERVE | The limitation of the player who may substitute? (7) |
| ONEEACH | Strict limitation, of a sort |
| CEILING | A limitation for aircraft is above our heads |
| TERMINUM | An end, or boundary, or the god of such (acc. sing.) |
| LIMIT | The final, utmost, or furthest boundary or point as to extent. (5) |
| FENCE | Boundary or divisional wooden panels or strips in a row (5) |
| PERIMETRIC | Of or by a boundary or outer edge (10) |
| UNCONDITIONAL | Without conditions or limitations (13) |
| SIDEEFFECTS | Repercussions after Italian agreed about things going wrong accepting borderline grades (4,7) |
