| BAGATELLE | From the Italian meaning "conjuror's trick" or "a trifle", a game from which pinball derived; or, a light piece of music for piano (9) |
| BAUBLE | Word for a child's toy; a gewgaw; a jester's baton; a piece of childish fooling; a plaything; tinsel; a trifle; a trinket; or, a shiny ornament to hang on one's Christmas conifer (6) |
| CHESS | From the Persian for "king", a game from whose name a word for a pattern of squares derives (5) |
| ILLUSION | A conjuror's trick (8) |
| AMUSEMENTARCADE | Play covered way in which Pinball Wizard's performed (9,6) |
| AMATEUR | Friend involved in a game from the east is not professional (7) |
| MAGIC | Host welcomes a good international conjuror's tricks (5) |
| SKIT | Word, from "dart, move rapidly, shoot", for a satirical remark or sally; a parody; a hoax or trick; or, a sudden shower of rain or sprinkling of snow (4) |
| PICCOLO | From the Italian meaning "small", a half-size flute; a quarter-size bottle of champagne also called a split; or, a variety of cherry tomato (7) |
| CHIPOLATA | From the Italian meaning "flavoured with onions", a small or thin type of sausage, served in a casserole or as a party nibble (9) |
| PICNIC | Word, roughly translating as "peck or nibble at a meal" or "a trifle to eat", for an alfresco meal, a packed lunch or a shared feast in the country (6) |
| SCHERZO | From the Italian meaning "joke/jest", a playful composition in a symphony or sonata, such as the third movement in Beethoven's Fifth Symphony (7) |
| CANTEEN | From the Italian meaning "wine cellar", a word originally for a shop in a barracks selling liquor and provisions to troops that later came to mean a soldier's water bottle (7) |
| LIBRETTO | Derived from the Italian meaning "book", the text of an opera or musical play (8) |
| SOLO | From Italian meaning "alone," the word in English can refer to a musical composition for a single voice or instrument or to a performance carried out alone. The oldest sense in English dates to the la |
| OMBRE | Originally named after the Spanish word for "man", a trick-taking card game from which bridge derived (5) |
| PRIMAVERA | From the Italian meaning "spring", a painting by Botticelli; or, a dish of pasta with seasonal vegetables such as peas, broad beans and asparagus (9) |
| LIDO | From the Italian meaning "shore", an open-air swimming pool often near a beach , introduced to the UK by the Victorians (4) |
| GAMBIT | From the Italian meaning "act of tripping up", an initial chess move in which a minor piece such as a pawn is sacrificed to secure an advantageous position (6) |
| REGATTA | Which word for a boat race originated in Venice for a race between gondoliers and comes from the Italian meaning "strife"? (7) |
