| CHIANTI | Dry red wine produced in the Tuscany region of west central Italy, chiefly from Sangiovese and Canaiolo grapes (7) |
| FRASCATI | Dry or semi- sweet white wine produced in the Lazio region of central Italy, chiefly from Malvasia and Trebbiano grapes (8) |
| ARNO | River in the Tuscany region of central Italy that flows past Florence and Pisa to the Ligurian Sea (4) |
| REDS | Sangiovese and Syrah |
| TUSCANY | Region of west central Italy on the Ligurian and Tyrrhenian Seas; capital, Florence (7) |
| LAZIO | Administrative region of west central Italy of which Rome is the capital (5) |
| FLORENCE | Capital of the Tuscany region of Italy (8) |
| BAROLO | A dry red wine produced in the Piedmont region of Italy (6) |
| TUSCAN | From a region of west central Italy (6) |
| AYMARA | Indigenous people (and language) of the Altiplano region of west-central South America, once subject to the Inca empire (6) |
| IONIA | Ancient region of west-central Asia Minor colonised by the Greeks in c1100BC (5) |
| LIMOUSIN | A former administrative region of West-Central France, the capital of which was Limoges (8) |
| RIOJA | Wine produced around the Ebro river in N central Spain, chiefly from Tempranillo (red) or Viura (white) grapes (5) |
| PISA | City in Tuscany, west central Italy, on the River Arno near the Ligurian Sea (4) |
| GAUL | An ancient region of West Europe corresponding to North Italy, France, Belgium, part of Germany and the South Netherlands (4) |
| SAINTEMILION | A full-bodied red wine produced around a town of the same name near Bordeaux in south-west France (5-7) |
| SUCROSE | Disaccharide carbohydrate extracted chiefly from sugar cane and sugar beet, broken down in the body and transported to the liver via the portal vein (7) |
| OSTIA | An ancient town in West Central Italy, which served as the port of ancient Rome (5) |
| ELGIN | What marbles are a collection of classical Greek sculptures and architectural fragments, chiefly from the Parthenon in Athens, currently, albeit contentiously, on display at the British Museum? (5) |
| TALLOW | Fatty substance extracted chiefly from the suet of sheep and cattle, used for making soap and candles (6) |
