| CARUANA | Italian-American chess GM. (7) |
| KAMSKY | Soviet-born American chess GM, Gata ... (6) |
| RITHVIK | India's 70th chess GM. (7) |
| FISCHER | Bobby ---, American chess grandmaster who took the World Chess Championship title from Boris Spassky in 1972 (7) |
| AGRIPPA | General, Italian American, one who holds broadcast (7) |
| PADRONE | Italian-American word for an innkeeper or restaurant owner (7) |
| CHARLES | And 36 Italian-American bodybuilder born Angelo Siciliano in 1892 (7,5) |
| MENOTTI | Gian Carlo ___ (1911 - 2007), Italian-american composer, best known for his 25 operas (7) |
| FERMIUM | Element with atomic the number 100 which was named after an Italian-American pioneer of nuclear physics |
| ANATOLYKARPOV | Russian chess GM and rival of Garry Kasparov (7,6) |
| PAULMORPHY | American chess player nicknamed 'The Pride and Sorrow of Chess' (4,6) |
| SEP | Mo. that begins with American Chess Day |
| NYC | Loc. of the first American chess tournament |
| SASSY | Impudent American chess player taking pawn and knight |
| DANIIL | The name that connects tennis player Medvedev and chess GM Dubov. (6) |
| BLACKWIDOW | Venomous American chess player opening with sacrifice of knight (5,5) |
| ETHNIC | Italian-American, Mexican-American, etc. |
| ATLAS | Italian-American bodybuilder born Angelo Siciliano in 1892 (7,5) |
| GIANCARLOMENOTTI | Italian-American composer and librettist, 1911-2007 (4,5,7) |
| ANTONINSCALIA | First Italian-American Supreme Court justice: 2 wds. |
