| BISCOTTI | Twice-baked almond-flavoured Italian biscuits, traditionally served with Vin Santo (8) |
| AMARETTI | Variety of almond-flavoured Italian biscuits other than biscotti (8) |
| AMARETTO | Sweet almond-flavoured Italian liqueur mixed with whisky to make a Godfather or vodka to make a Godmother (8) |
| OATCAKES | Thin, savoury biscuits, traditionally made in Scotland (8) |
| TIRAMISU | Coffee-flavoured Italian dessert made with mascarpone (8) |
| LINGUINE | Extruded Italian pasta variety, traditionally served with pesto or seafood, whose name means 'little tongues' (8) |
| ZWIEBACK | Small type of rusk whose name derives from the German phrase twice-baked (8) |
| BUCATINI | Pasta in the form of long thin hollow tubes traditionally served with amatriciana sauce (8) |
| PARMESAN | Dry sharp-flavoured Italian cheese (8) |
| OSSOBUCO | Italian casserole of veal shanks and marrowbones braised in wine, tomatoes etc, traditionally served with risotto (4,4) |
| FOURS | Word linking with "plus" for a style of shooting breeks, or with "petit" for bite sized cakes or biscuits, traditionally sec, glaces, frais and deguises (5) |
| STRAWWINE | A variety of passito, vin de paille, vin santo or other sweet vino traditionally made from grapes sun-dried off the vine on mats of dried grass (5,4) |
| THEFATE | Action film with Vin Diesel and Jason Statham, ___ of the Furious (3,4) |
| RUSKS | Hard, dry biscuits; traditionally given to babies (5) |
| DRIER | Like vinho verde vis-a-vis vin santo |
| DESSERTWINE | Type of beverage of which Vin Santo is an example (7,4) |
| MEL | Nickname whose full version could end with "-vin," "-ville," or "-inda" |
| TUSCANKALE | Strong-flavoured Italian cabbage with dark green leaves, also known as cavolo nero (6,4) |
| CAVOLONERO | Strong-flavoured Italian cabbage with dark green leaves (6,4) |
| CAKE | Madeleine, scone, lemon drizzle or Battenberg, a baked food traditionally served with afternoon tea (4) |
