| CONSIGLIERE | Trusted adviser to a Mafia boss, as popularised by the 1969 Mario Puzo novel The Godfather (11) |
| STEUBEN | Trusted adviser to Washington |
| MANSIERES | Bras for blokes, as popularised by Seinfeld; same resin (anag.) (9) |
| THESICILIAN | 1987 film by Michael Cimino based on a novel by Mario Puzo (3,8) |
| FANDABIDOZI | Expression popularised by The Krankies (11) |
| SICILIAN | With "The," 1987 Michael Cimino epic adapted from a Mario Puzo novel |
| GROCKLE | Popularised by the 1964 lm The System, a word used by some Devonians to describe a holidaymaker (7) |
| CARMELA | Wife of Don Vito Corleone in Mario Puzo's 1969 novel The Godfather, played in the 1972 film adaptation by Morgana King (7) |
| LASTDO | 1996 Mario Puzo novel, with "The" |
| LASTDON | Mario Puzo novel, with "The" |
| THEDON | Lead character in a Mario Puzo novel |
| THELASTDON | Novel by Mario Puzo, author of The Godfather, about an ageing Mafia boss who wants his family to escape from crime (3,4,3) |
| THEGODFATHER | Mario Puzo novel |
| OMERTA | Mario Puzo novel published posthumously |
| THEFAMILY | Mario Puzo novel |
| GODFATHER | The ___ 1972 crime film by Francis Ford Coppola based on the eponymous novel by Mario Puzo |
| SOPRANOS | The ___ , TV series set in the U.S. starring James Gandolfini as a mafia boss and family man (8) |
| MARIOPUZO | U.S. author who wrote the crime novel The Godfather later adapted into a film trilogy (5,4) |
| TULIP | Originally from Persia and popularised by the Dutch in the 16th century, a colourful, cup-shaped spring flower (5) |
| BLOODLESSSURGERY | Term popularised by the practice of Dr Adolf Lorenz of Vienna at the beginning of the 20th century |
