| PECORINO | Cheese from the Italian for "sheep" |
| VIOLADAGAMBA | Instrument from the Italian for "fiddle for the leg" |
| SCHERZO | From the Italian for "jest, joke", a movement in orchestral music that is the successor of the minuet (7) |
| FUSILLI | From the Italian for "little spindles", pasta in the form of corkscrews or spirals for ragu or other sauce (7) |
| ANTICS | Word, from the Italian for "antique" meaning "grotesque" in reference to fantastic architectural carvings of faces a la mode at the time, for absurd acts or ludicrous capers (6) |
| RIGATONI | From the Italian for "lined", pasta in the form of fluted tubes, often served in the baked or "al forno" style (8) |
| GOUACHE | French word, from the Italian for "aqua, puddle, watering place", for a type of opaque watercolour pigment; or, a picture, such as Paul Sandby's Tea at Englefield Green, painted using the body colour |
| CODA | From the Italian for "tail", the concluding or clinching passage of a musical movement/piece (4) |
| SFUMATO | From the Italian for "gone up in smoke", a subtle blending of colours and tones in painting, of which Leonardo was the chief exponent (7) |
| LIDO | From the Italian for "shore", word for an alfresco swimming-pool (4) |
| TOMBOLAS | From the Italian for "somersaults", revolving drums from which tickets are drawn in raffles at fairs or fetes (8) |
| QUARANTINE | This English word is from the Italian for "40 days," the amount of time a ship suspected of carrying disease had to wait to dock in Venice |
| 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) |
| FESTOONS | From the Italian for "ornaments for feasts", garlands of flowers, foliage, fruit, ribbons etc suspended in tied swags; or, carved/painted representations of these (8) |
| VEDUTA | From the Italian for "view", an artistic representation of a town or landscape, specifically one that is faithful or realistic enough to enable the location to be identified (6) |
| 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) |
| ALTO | From the Italian for "high", a high falsetto male voice, equal in compass to the lowest female voice; or, a singer with such a range |
| ESCROC | Word, possibly from the Italian for "fire-maker, stoker", for a French conman, rogue or swindler, or perhaps an unscrupulous fraudulent broker (6) |
| ARIA | Kind of song from the Italian for "air" |
