| ELICHE | From the Italian for "propellers", a variety of fusilli-like pasta spirals (6) |
| ROTINI | Pasta spirals |
| SPIRAL | Shape of fusilli pasta (6) |
| FUSILLI | Small pasta spirals (7) |
| CORKSCREW | Shape of fusilli pasta |
| ANTICS | Word, from the Italian for "antique" meaning "grotesque" in reference to fantastic architectural carvings of faces a la mode at the time, for absurd acts or ludicrous capers (6) |
| VEDUTA | From the Italian for "view", an artistic representation of a town or landscape, specifically one that is faithful or realistic enough to enable the location to be identified (6) |
| STANZA | Unit of poetry, from the Italian for 'room' (6) |
| FAZOOL | "When the stars make you drool just like pasta ___..." (lyric from "That's Amore") |
| TORSOS | Word from the Italian for "stalk" |
| CARESS | Word from the Italian for "cherish" |
| NOODLE | Ribbon-like pasta (6) |
| TORTELLI | From "round loaf of bread" and "small cake, fritter", a variety of ravioli-like pasta stuffed with a mixture of sage, spinach or squash with ricotta (8) |
| GOUACHE | French word, from the Italian for "aqua, puddle, watering place", for a type of opaque watercolour pigment; or, a picture, such as Paul Sandby's Tea at Englefield Green, painted using the body colour |
| ORZO | Variety of risoni-like pasta whose name, from Italian for "barley", aptly refers to its grain-like shape (4) |
| SCHERZO | From the Italian for "jest, joke", a movement in orchestral music that is the successor of the minuet (7) |
| SFUMATO | From the Italian for "gone up in smoke", a subtle blending of colours and tones in painting, of which Leonardo was the chief exponent (7) |
| QUARANTINE | This English word is from the Italian for "40 days," the amount of time a ship suspected of carrying disease had to wait to dock in Venice |
| CABALETTA | From the Italian for "horse", a word for a short or simple aria with an accompaniment evocative of said animal's cantering or galloping gait (9) |
| CARTOON | From the Italian for "thick paper", a preliminary sketch/modello of a fresco or tapestry; or, a comic drawing (7) |
