| CHEESEFILLING | Feature of some pasta shells, and 17-, 24-, 46- and 54-Across |
| BROKENPROMISE | Moral lapse that is reflected literally by the answers at 17-, 24-, 46- and 54-Across |
| INI | Ending of some pasta names |
| ALLA | Middle of some pasta dishes? |
| PRIVATEHOUSES | Most suburban residences... or, in a military sense, the ends of 17-, 24-, 46 and 55-Across |
| MANICOTTI | Tubular pasta shells |
| RICOTTA | Stuff in stuffed pasta shells |
| CAKEMIX | Batter beginner, or a description of the four letters in the exact centers of 20-, 29-, 46-, and 54- |
| ROCOCO | A style of architecture, decoration and furniture making, characterised by shells and scrolls (6) |
| AMATOL | An explosive mixture of ammonium nitrate and TNT, used in shells and bombs |
| ORZO | Pasta shell abandoned by Russian wolfhound (4) |
| MACARONI | Mother and I taking Leslie some pasta (8) |
| CANNELLONI | Colin and Anne possibly left inside some pasta (10) |
| RUFIYAA | Succeeding the use of cowry shells and printed on decorative banknotes, the currency of the Maldives (7) |
| WINKLES | They come out of their shells and give a chap a saucy look |
| MARIOKART | Racing game series with green shells, spiny shells and bananas |
| ANOMIA | Genus of saltwater clams commonly known as jingle shells and saddle oysters |
| THICK | Like some pasta sauces and accents |
| TAME | Finds some pasta meals to be dull (4) |
| VERMICELLI | Clever man, the Italian one, producing some pasta (10) |
