| BROCCOLI | In Italian and English, this word has basically the same spelling and meaning. It is a variety of cabbage with heads of green and purple buds. First known usage is 1699. |
| MINESTRONE | Meaning "soup with vegetables and pasta," this word is identical in Italian and English. In Italian, it can also mean "hodgepodge" or "melting pot." First known usage in English is 1871. |
| EARACHE | Painful condition for listener, a child has basically excruciating pain (7) |
| ROCKET | This word has various meanings in English, and it's derived from various versions of Italian as well as French and Latin. One meaning refers to a firework; that comes from the Italian rocchetta. Firs |
| BLEARY | Not clear it is a variety of barley |
| SMASHES | This word has mess written all over it |
| NTH | This word has no vowels |
| CALAMARI | In English, this Italian term describes squid prepared as food |
| NOON | No one dropped English this time (4) |
| TERRIER | Retriever perhaps' not very English - this dog is (7) |
| DIVA | In Italian and Latin, it literally means "goddess." First known usage in English dates to 1883. In English the word came to refer to a prima donna-appropriately, another word taken from Italian (in wh |
| NONE | How many months of the year have exactly the same spelling in French and English? (4) |
| KENDO | With its origins in the tradition of the samurai and meaning "way of the sword", a Japanese martial art and form of fencing using bamboo staves (5) |
| HETERORYM | Word having the same spelling as another but a different pronunciation and meaning (9) |
| OVER | In signalling and radio, a procedure word meaning 'it is now your turn to speak' (4) |
| HETERONYM | A word that is spelt the same as another but has a different sound and meaning (9) |
| TACET | Meaning "it is silent", a word by which a musician or singer understands their instrument or voice must be quiet (5) |
| NEPOTISM | Favouritism towards relatives. The word has Italian and Latin roots, originally referring to the practice of granting privileges to a pope's "nephew", a euphemism for his son. |
| WHIP | Word has it, parliamentary leaders has a job getting them out of the bar for the vote (4) |
| STARTERS | Known as biga in Italian and levain in French, pre-ferments used in the process of making sourdough; or, first courses of meals (8) |
