| AMARETTI | Sweet almond-flavoured Italian liqueur which features in the cocktails French Connection and Cuban Breeze (8) |
| AMARETTO | Sweet almond-flavoured Italian liqueur mixed with whisky to make a Godfather or vodka to make a Godmother (8) |
| COINTREAU | Triple sec liqueur used in the cocktails margarita and cosmopolitan (9) |
| RANINTO | Encountered artist and Cuban American writer also, we hear (3,4) |
| SPARRED | Pole and Cuban possibly perhaps crossed swords |
| PIESOFTHE | With 51-Across, Puerto Rico pecan and Cuban coconut custard? |
| FRIEDKIN | William ******** late film maker who directed 'The French Connection' and 'The Exorcist' (8) |
| POPEYEDOYLE | Detective played by Gene Hackman in The French Connection and its sequel (6,5) |
| ORC | Type of repulsive warlike creature which features in the Lord of the Rings. (3) |
| BALOO | Name of the bear which features in The Jungle Book. (5) |
| SUGARLOAFMOUNTAIN | Peak in Rio de Janeiro which features in the James Bond film Moonraker |
| HOMESWEETHOME | Song by John Howard Payne and Henry Rowley Bishop which features in the opera Clari (4,5,4) |
| WALRUS | Marine mammal which features in the title of a 1967 song by The Beatles (6) |
| TURTLEDOVE | Pigeon-like bird which features in the song 'The Twelve Days of Christmas' (6,4) |
| CRAPS | Dice game which features in the musical Guys and Dolls. (5) |
| GENEHACKMAN | ... and ___ from "The French Connection" and "Unforgiven" |
| GENE | Actor who won Oscars for The French Connection and Unforgiven (4,7) |
| HACKMAN | Actor who won Oscars for The French Connection and Unforgiven (4,7) |
| LEMONJELLO | Lemon-flavoured Italian liqueur first patented by Capri businessman Massimo Canale in 1988 (10) |
| SAMBUCA | Anise-flavoured Italian liqueur sometimes served with one coffee bean as con la mosca (with the fly) (7) |
