| ABBADO | Claudio, late Italian conductor (6) |
| CARDIN | Pierre, late Italian-born French fashion designer noted for his futuristic Space Age designs (6) |
| VIALLI | Gianluca, late Italian striker and manager for Chelsea FC (6) |
| ARTURO | ___ Toscanini, Italian conductor (6) |
| MONACO | AS ....... football club whose manager's include Claudio Ranieri and Thierry Henry (6) |
| ANGELO | Character in Shakespeare's Measure For Measure who condemns Claudio to death (6) |
| APRILE | "MasterChef Canada" judge Claudio |
| LUCIANO | Iconic late Italian opera singer, _ Pavarotti (7) |
| MORO | Late Italian statesman Aldo |
| CARLUCCIO | Late Italian celebrity chef, Antonio --------- (9) |
| FELLINI | Federico ___, late Italian film-maker (7) |
| PAVAROTTI | Late Italian tenor (surname) who was a former schoolteacher (9) |
| TINTORETTO | Artist of the late Italian Renaissance whose works include one of the world's largest paintings on canvas, Paradise (10) |
| ENNIO | Late Italian composer famed for his iconic Spaghetti Western movie scores (5,9) |
| MORRICONE | Late Italian composer famed for his iconic Spaghetti Western movie scores (5,9) |
| ROMBINO | Doriano, late Italian 125 & 250 front-runner in the 1990s. (7) |
| MONTESSORI | Late Italian educational reformer (surname) who gave her name to infant schools (10) (10) |
| CAPRA | Frank ___, late Italian/US film director famous in the 1930s and 40s (5) |
| CAVALLI | Roberto, late Italian fashion designer nicknamed The Leopard King (7) |
| ARTUROTOSCANINI | Italian conductor (1867-1957) awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1987 (6,9) |
