| ILPENSEROSO | Milton poem whose Italian title means The Serious Man |
| LALLEGRO | Milton poem whose title is "the happy man" in Italian |
| DEGLI | The national anthem of Italy whose title means The Song of the Italians (2,5,5,8) |
| ILCANTO | The national anthem of Italy whose title means The Song of the Italians (2,5,5,8) |
| ITALIANI | The national anthem of Italy whose title means The Song of the Italians (2,5,5,8) |
| FLYCATCHER | Any of various insectivorous Old World birds including the robin, stonechat, wheatear and the black redstart whose Italian name means "red-tailed chimney sweep" (10) |
| URIEL | Regent of the Sun in the John Milton poem Paradise Lost (5) |
| IPAGLIACCI | Leoncavallo opera whose title means "The Clowns" |
| ILPASTORFIDO | Handel opera whose title means "The Faithful Shepherd" |
| LAMER | Debussy composition whose title means "The Sea" |
| DOLCE | "La ___ Vita" (1960 movie whose title means "The Sweet Life") |
| ILTROVATORE | 1853 opera by Giuseppe Verdi whose title means "The Troubadour" |
| BODES | Indicates (like the ominous weather at the end of A Serious Man). |
| BROCCOLI | Vegetable whose Italian name means 'sprouts' (8) |
| BACK | ___ To December 2010 song by Taylor Swift whose title means the opposite of front |
| ILPOSTINO | Italian-language 1994 drama that got Best Picture and Best Actor nomination; its title means "The Mailman" |
| DEN | "The Lion-Eating Poet in the Stone ___" (Chinese poem whose every syllable has the sound "shi") |
| RACE | Milton poem largely about the temptation of Christ |
| LACHIENNE | 1931 French film by Jean Renoir; title means The Bitch |
| EIRE | "Mise ___" (Patrick Pearse poem whose title means "I am Ireland") |
