| AVENTURINE | Green gem stone whose name is derived from Italian for "by chance" |
| JADE | Stone whose name is derived via Spanish from its reputed efficacy in curing ailments of the loins and kidneys (4) |
| TOCCATA | Musical work, often with virtuoso elements, with a name derived from Italian for "touched" |
| BERYLS | Green gem stones |
| CASU | Latin for 'by chance' |
| OPAL | Stone whose name may come from Sanskrit for "jewel" |
| LETITBLEED | Album by the Rolling Stones, whose cover includes a shot of a cake made by Delia Smith (3,2,5) |
| 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) |
| ROSEQUARTZ | Queen invested in resetting our ersatz gem stone |
| PYROPE | Property vacated, guy finds a gem stone (6) |
| SCHERZO | From Italian for "jest, joke", a brisk lively type of orchestral movement, composed by Ludwig van Beethoven for nearly all of his nine symphonies (7) |
| CONFETTI | From Italian for "bonbons", word for little sweets or exploding white-cloud-forming balls of plaster flung at carnivals originally, later for pieces of colourful fluttering paper thrown over brides/gr |
| GONZO | From Italian for "fool" and Spanish for "bumpkin, goose", word meaning "absurd, bizarre, crazy" that is used in reference to journalism of an eccentric, exaggerated or subjective nature (5) |
| PAPPARDELLE | Word, from Italian for "devour, eat hungrily/greedily, gobble up", for broad ribbons of pasta for ragu (11) |
| ORZO | Variety of risoni-like pasta whose name, from Italian for "barley", aptly refers to its grain-like shape (4) |
| 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) |
| QUARTETTE | Word from Italian for a composition for four (9) |
| PARASOL | The name of what light umbrella comes from Italian for "protecting against" and "sun"? (7) |
| GEMMA | What girl's name comes from Italian for "jewel"? (5) |
| PECORINO | From Italian for "sheep", hard cheese made from ewes' milk (8) |
