| ANTECEDENT | Earlier word or phrase that a subsequent word refers back to (10) |
| HARKS | Refers (back), as to a prior subject |
| MEME | Video, picture or phrase that a lot of people send to each other on the internet (4) |
| PALINDROME | Greek for "running back again", which refers to a word or phrase that reads the same backward as forward (10) |
| NEOLOGISMS | Words or phrases that have been recently coined (10) |
| PENTIMENTO | Italian word for an alteration made by an artist during the process of painting, later found hidden beneath a subsequent paint layer (10) |
| MISSTHECUT | Fail to advance to a subsequent round |
| ANAPHORA | Use of a word such as a pronoun to refer back to a preceding word without repeating it (8) |
| ARCADE | This word refers to a gallery or building that is arched or to a series of arches. Strictly speaking, it came to English from Italian by way of French; the Italian, in turn, came from the Latin arcus. |
| PIANO | In Italian this word is an adverb or adjective; it comes from a Late Latin word meaning "smooth." First known use in English dates to 1683. In English the word refers to a musical instrument with stri |
| HAPAXLEGOMENON | A word or phrase that is found only once in a body of literature (5,9) |
| ADVERB | Word or phrase that modifies or qualifies an adjective or verb (6) |
| MOUTHFUL | A long word or phrase that is difficult to say (8) |
| CONTEXT | Words surrounding a word or phrase that may fix its true meaning (7) |
| TONGUETWISTER | Word or phrase that is difficult to pronounce (6,7) |
| PALINDROMIC | Denoting a word or phrase that reads the same forwards as backwards (11) |
| CIABATTA | The Italian literally means "slipper." The English word refers to a flat Italian bread with a crust. First known usage has been traced back to 1985. |
| STILETTO | In Italian the word refers to a dagger. In English, it refers to a dagger as well as shoes. First known usage in English is the early 17th century. |
| RETROACT | Refer back to Carter after a review (8) |
| ISOGRAM | Word or phrase that has no repeated letters (every answer in this puzzle is an example of one) |
