| CARDINALE | Claudia ___, late Italian actress noted for her roles in The Leopard and The Pink Panther (9) |
| CLAUDIACARDINALE | Tunisian-born Italian actress whose films include The Leopard and The Pink Panther |
| CAPRA | Frank ___, late Italian/US film director famous in the 1930s and 40s (5) |
| JUNGLECATS | Leopards and the like |
| FELLINI | Federico ___, late Italian film-maker (7) |
| PETERSELLERS | Comic actor who appeared in The Goon Show and the Pink Panther films (5,7) |
| SELLERS | Peter ---, comic actor who appeared in The Goon Show and the Pink Panther films (7) |
| VISCONTI | Luchino ___, Italian director whose films include Ossessione, The Leopard and Death in Venice |
| LEAPYEAR | Period with 366 (not 365) calendar squares: 2 wds. (Theme answer: The first word is a group of leopards, and the second word is a unit of time.) |
| EDITHPIAF | French singer and actress noted for her song La Vie en Rose (5,4) |
| CARLUCCIO | Late Italian chef who appeared alongside Gennaro Contaldo in Two Greedy Italians, Antonio --------- (9) |
| MORRICONE | Late Italian composer famed for his iconic Spaghetti Western movie scores (5,9) |
| VALENTINO | Late Italian fashion designer, born in 1932, whose style was described as jet-set chic (9) |
| SYDNEY | ___ Sweeney, actress born in 1997 noted for her roles in the TV series Euphoria and The White Lotus (6) |
| KEITH | Penelope -; actress noted for her roles in The Good Life, To the Manor Born and a television adaptation of Noel Coward's Private Lives (5) |
| FRAGAPANE | British gymnast who won her fifth Commonwealth Gold medal in 2022, Claudia _ (9) |
| PAVAROTTI | Late Italian tenor (surname) who was a former schoolteacher (9) |
| WINKLEMAN | Claudia ___, the host of The Traitors (9) |
| WILTON | Actress noted for her roles in Ever Decreasing Circles, The Borrowers, Downton Abbey and film The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (6) |
| KENDAL | Felicity -; actress noted for her roles in television serials including The Camomile Lawn, The Good Life and Rosemary & Thyme (6) |
