| CALABRIA | Region of southern Italy, south of Naples, located at the "toe" of the Italian Peninsula |
| CAPRI | Island off the west coast of Italy, south of Naples (5) |
| IONIAN | Sea lying between western Greece and southern Italy, south of the Adriatic (6) |
| NAPLES | This city was once the capital of the Two Sicillies. It lies on the west coast of the Italian peninsula, 120 miles (190 km) southeast of Rome. Mount Vesuvius to its east and the Campi Flegrei (Phlegra |
| ADRIATICSEA | Body of water lying north-east of the Italian Peninsula and west of the Balkan Peninsula (8,3) |
| ORECCHIETTE | Pasta in the form of small curved discs of varying thickness, originating in the Apulia region of southern Italy; 'little ears' (11) |
| APENNINES | Mountain system running the entire length of the Italian peninsula (9) |
| OMAN | The toe of the Arabian Peninsula |
| AUSONIAE | Of a region of southern Italy, ergo in metonymia, of all Italians |
| ADRIATIC | Body of water separating the Italian Peninsula from the Balkan Peninsula, _ Sea (8) |
| OSCAN | Ancient language of the Italian peninsula |
| BOOT | Shape of the Italian peninsula |
| SORRENTO | Port and resort of southern Italy occupying a peninsula between the Gulf of Naples and the Gulf of Salerno (8) |
| PUGLIA | A region of southern Italy, (7,474 sq miles; pop about 4 million) (6) |
| ETNA | Highest peak in Italy south of the Alps (4) |
| TYRRHENIANSEA | What is the water body between the Italian peninsula and Sardinia? (10,3) |
| SICILY | Situated just off the "toe" of Italy's "boot", the largest island in the Mediterranean (6) |
| APULIA | Region of southern Italy |
| ELEA | Ancient Greek colony of southern Italy near the Gulf of Salerno (4) |
| INDIANAPOLIS | State capital is country port of Italy south |
