| TREVISO | City in the Veneto region of Italy where the dessert tiramisu is thought to have originated (7) |
| PADUA | City in the Veneto region of Italy (5) |
| TURIN | City in northern Italy where the Chapel of the Holy Shroud can be found (5) |
| TUSCANY | Region of Italy where Siena, Florence and Arezzo are located (7) |
| CUMBRIA | Cold region of Italy, where lakes are found? |
| LUAUS | Events where the dessert haupia is served |
| SAVOIARDI | Italian name for sponge fingers, an important ingredient in the dessert tiramisu |
| MASCARPONE | Italian cheese that features in the dessert tiramisu (10) |
| IBECAMEPIEEYED | "Where's the dessert?" excuse |
| ARABICA | Oldest and most widely cultivated variety of the coffee plant, thought to have originated in Africa in the area now occupied by Ethiopia (7) |
| WILDCAT | This untamed cat, which is native to Eurasia and Africa, is thought to have given rise to the domestic cat. |
| TRIESTE | City, now part of Italy, where James Joyce lived for many years. (7) |
| VERMEER | Dutch master whose treatment of shadow and light in his paintings including Girl Interrupted at her Music, Girl with a Pearl Earring, The Astronomer and The Lacemaker is thought to have been aided by |
| PHARAOH | The first true one is thought to have been Menes (or Narmer) who ruled around the third or fourth millennium BC (7) |
| DALSTON | District of Hackney whose name is thought to have derived from Deorlaf's tun |
| SNOOKER | This cue game, played on a billiard table with unnumbered balls, is thought to have been invented by British Army officers in India |
| SOAVE | Dry, pale white wine from the Veneto region of Italy (5) |
| VALPOLICELLA | Dry red table wine from the Veneto region of Italy (12) |
| BUCHANAN | Ancient Scottish clan which is thought to have originated on the eastern side of Loch Lomond, in the 13th Century (8) |
| MAHON | Capital city of Minorca, in which mayonnaise is thought to have originated (5) |
