| LOMBARDY | Containing Lake Como, region of northern Italy between the Alps and the Po, site of La Scala opera house in its capital Milan (8) |
| EMILIAROMAGNA | Large region of northern Italy between the Po River and the Northern Apennines; capital, Bologna (6-7) |
| MILAN | City of La Scala opera house |
| OPPOSITE | Directly facing one half of the shop is the post-office site (8) |
| CISALPINE | --- Gaul was the part of Gaul between the Alps and the Apennines in the ancient world (9) |
| EPODE | A lyric poem about two rivers - the Dee and the Po (5) |
| ISOTOPES | So PO site is affected by radioactive atoms (8) |
| ENCLAVE | Isolated area in French grotto containing lake (7) |
| APPOSITE | Appropriate for a quiet Post Office site |
| ETRURIA | Ancient country of central Italy between the Rivers Arno and Tiber; the centre of the Etruscan civilization (7) |
| SORRENTO | Port and resort in Campania, Italy, between the Bay of Naple and the Gulf of Salerno (8) |
| UDINE | City in the north-east of Italy between the Adriatic and the Alps (5) |
| EURASIA | Location of the Alps and the Himalayas |
| ABRUZZI | Region of central Italy between the Adriatic and the Apennines (7) |
| MONTBLANC | With an elevation of 15,777'ft, the highest mountain in the Alps and Europe, site of Chamonix in its foothills (4,5) |
| BOLOGNA | The capital and largest city of the Emilia-romagna region of northern Italy (7) |
| MTS | The Alps and the Himalayas, for example: Abbr. |
| TOSCANINI | Italian conductor who was the music director of La Scala and the New York Philharmonic, Arturo _ (9) |
| ARTUROTOSCANINI | Italian conductor who was musical director of La Scala, Milan, and of the NBC symphony Orchestra in New York |
| RHONE | River rising in the Alps and flowing through Lake Geneva and on into the Mediterranean (5) |
