| SMALTO | From Italian for "enamel, glaze, melt", name given to coloured glass for mosaic work; or, a traditionally Venetian hand-cut cube of it (6) |
| TIEDYES | Attached positively to coloured garments (3-4) |
| TESSERA | Piece of stone or glass for mosaic work |
| TASSERA | From "four", a cube, die or square tablet on which a watchword was written as a token or ticket in classical times; or, a small quadrilateral block/tile for mosaic (7) |
| PLOT | Word for a patch of ground; a secret scheme; a plan of a literary work; or, a storyline said to thicken when becoming curiouser and curiouser (4) |
| VIRTUOSO | From Italian for "learned, skilful", a musician or artist of consummate technical ability; a connoisseur or dilettante of antiquities, art or curios; or, a dazzling master, prodigy, supremo or whizz i |
| OPUS | ____ musivum is mosaic work in enamel or coloured glass |
| TOMBOLA | Raffle or lotto of a fete or fair whose name, from Italian for "tumble, turn a somersault", refers to the revolving drum from which tickets are drawn (7) |
| REEL | Spool or bobbin for cotton or fishing-line; compilation of sample film work; or, a Highland dance (4) |
| BELVEDERE | From Italian for "beautiful sight", a gazebo, mirador, summerhouse or turret sited on a rooftop or vantage point so as to command a fine view (9) |
| VEDUTA | From Italian for "view", a word for a painting or print of a city/town (6) |
| STINT | Word for an allowance; an allotted period of work; or, a little wading bird, sometimes called a peep (5) |
| PORCELAIN | From Italian for "cowrie shell", a white translucent ceramic material with a finish reminiscent of a polished shell; or, chinaware made from this (9) |
| ADAGIOS | From Italian for "at ease", a musical term for slow movements; or, compositions to be performed in largo- or lento-like tempos (7) |
| PICCOLOS | From Italian for "little", a word for small flutes aka ottavinos; organ stops of similar tone; ponies, quarter bottles, snipes or splits of champagne; or, in Sweden, bellboys or bellhops (8) |
| GESSO | From Italian for "chalk, gypsum", a white preparation used as a ground for gilding or painting on wood panels (5) |
| TILE | Playing piece used in Scrabble and mah-jong; or, a tessera for mosaic (4) |
| LIMOGES | Capital of the French department of Haute-Vienne, formerly noted for enamel work and porcelain |
| CAPRICE | Word, from Italian for "hedgehog-head", suggesting a shudder in which hair stood on end like said urchin's spines, for a sudden start/fright, mood change, impulsive act or whim (7) |
| FIORITURE | From Italian for "blossoming" or "flowering", a florid embellishment of a melodic line, either notated by the composer or improvised at the discretion of an aria/opera singer (9) |
