| CORTINADAMPEZZO | Italian town that, along with Milan, was recently awarded the 2026 Winter Olympic Games |
| CHOPRA | Name of the Javelin thrower who was recently awarded the 'Sportsperson of the Year' title. (6) |
| ROME | Which city was recently awarded the 2022 Ryder Cup? (4) |
| AGNESI | Maria Gaetana ____ (1718-99) from Milan was the first woman to write a maths textbook |
| SCALA | Santa Maria della ____, a church in Milan, was replaced by an opera house which opened in 1778 |
| CHARM | In particle physics, one of the six flavours of quarks with top, bottom, up, down and strange that, along with leptons, form the basic building blocks of ordinary matter (5) |
| EZRA | Old Testament book that, along with Nehemiah, records the history of the Jews in the fifth century BC (4) |
| PHONEPE | UPI app that, along with Google Pay, dominates the market and handled 7.4 billion UPI payments in November 2024, benefiting from the National Payments Corporation of India's decision to postpone the m |
| NEISSE | River that, along with the Oder, forms the border between Germany and Poland (6) |
| AMALFI | Italian town that was a major Mediterranean port from the 10th to the 18th century |
| TONGA | The Pacific nation that, along with Australia and New Zealand, celebrates Anzac Day |
| CHIMPANZEE | A kind of ape that, along with the bonobo, is most closely related to humans. |
| WIND | An aeolian current that, along with breezy weather and draughts, is the dread of an anemophobe (4) |
| ASSISI | Italian town that was home to St Clare as well as the famous patron saint of animals |
| USA | Channel that, along with CBS, aired the 2000 Masters |
| SOVIETUNION | Nation that, along with other Warsaw Pact members, invaded Czechoslovakia in 1968: 2 wds. |
| BEDWETTING | Characteristic that, along with cruelty to animals and pyromania, is allegedly commonly present in serial killers |
| VERONA | Italian city that hosted the closing ceremony for the 2026 Winter Olympics (6) |
| IMOLA | Italian town that hosted the San Marino Grand Prix between 1981 and 2006 (5) |
| DRONE | Flying machine that followed luge racers down the track in the 2026 Winter Olympics |
