| ILONA | First name of the Italian porn star and politician who goes by Cicciolina |
| GLENDA | 1969's Women in Love star and politician, ------ Jackson (6) |
| ENZO | First name of the Italian driver and entrepreneur who founded the Ferrari motor racing team |
| LEONARDO | What was the first name of the Italian artist who painted Mona Lisa ? (8) |
| TITIAN | English name of the Italian Renaissance painter Tiziano Vecellio (c. 1488-1576), the leading figure of the Venetian school (6) |
| OMERTA | What is the name of the Italian mafia"s "code of silence"? (6) |
| GALILEO | The name of the Italian astronomer who discovered Saturn's rings. |
| GIACOMO | The first name of the Italian seducer, Casanova (7) |
| REBECCA | Half-sister of Hope Fowler who goes by the name of Bex in EastEnders (7) |
| GEORGEHAMILTON | Captain in the Niagara Light Dragoons during the War of 1812, Canadian merchant and politician who founded and gave his name to Ontario's steel city: 2 wds. |
| DOBBS | Life peer, novelist and politician who penned the Francis Urquhart trilogy comprising House of Cards, To Play the King and The Final Cut (5) |
| BORGIA | Cesare, Italian cardinal and politician who was the model for The Prince by Machiavelli (6) |
| GIOVANNI | First name of the Italian Renaissance writer Boccaccio (8) |
| JONAHHILL | Moneyball Oscar nominee who goes by his first and middle names; his sister, actress Beanie Feldstein, kept the family name |
| HEATHERGRAHAM | Actress who played a stripper in "The Hangover" and a porn star in "Boogie Nights" |
| SEANCOMBS | Rapper who goes by the name of P Diddy |
| JOHN | Given name of Leaf whose uncle (who goes by the same handle) is a lacrosse legend |
| HORACEWALPOLE | Art historian and politician who built Strawberry Hill and wrote the novel The Castle Of Otranto (6,7) |
| ROSCOE | William ___, lawyer and politician who authored 1802 poem The Butterfly's Ball and the Grasshopper's |
| VACLAVHAVEL | Czech playwright, essayist, dissident and politician who was the tenth and last President of Czechoslovakia |
