| BERLUSCONI | Silvio ?, prime minister of Italy from 2008-11 |
| ALDOMORO | The prime minister of Italy from 1963 to 1968 and from 1974 to 1976 (4,4) |
| CRAXI | Bettino ___, prime minister of Italy from 1983-87 (5) |
| DEGASPERI | Alcide ?, prime minister of Italy from 1945-53 (2,7) |
| MORO | Aldo -, prime minister of Italy from 1963-68 and 1974-76 (4) |
| PRODI | Romano ?, prime minister of Italy from 1996-98 |
| ALDO | Prime minister of Italy from 1974-76 murdered by the Red Brigades in 1978 (4,4) |
| COWEN | Brian ?, Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland from 2008-11 |
| VALERO | Borja ...... , Fiorentina midfielder at West Bromwich Albion from 2008-11 (6) |
| EDDIEJOHNSON | US and Seattle Sounders striker at Fulham from 2008-11 (5,7) |
| ELMANDER | Johan ___ , Sweden striker at Bolton from 2008-11 (8) |
| DEGEN | Philipp ..... , former Switzerland player with Liverpool from 2008-11 (5) |
| ATTIC | Cash In The - daytime show from 2008-11 (5) |
| ANCONA | Capital of the Marches region of Italy from which a chicken of a breed with black-and-white mottled plumage, white earlobes and a single/rose comb originates (6) |
| GERA | Zoltan ...., 2002-17 Hungary midfielder at Fulham from 2008-11 between spells at West Brom (4) |
| LARK | Word before Rise To Candleford is a BBC period drama from 2008-11 (4) |
| GIULIOANDREOTTI | Politician seven times prime minister of Italy, who was the subject of the 2008 film Il Divo (6,9) |
| NEDDA | Lover of Silvio in "Pagliacci" |
| ITALIA | Silvio Berlusconi's Italy (6) |
| PAULIE | Pal of Tony and Silvio |
