| FUSILLI | Type of pasta in a corkscrew shape from an Italian word meaning ?little spindles' |
| MACARONI | Tubes of pasta in a Marconi mix (8) |
| RINGLET | Lock of hair hanging in a corkscrew-shaped curl (7) |
| SPIRAL | Other pairs left in a corkscrew |
| HELIX | Corkscrew shape |
| COIL | Corkscrew shape |
| CARTOON | From an Italian word that means "pasteboard." In English it refers to a type of drawing, usually intended as satire or for the purpose of humour. Its first known use dates to 1671. |
| QUARANTINE | Which word for a spell of isolation derives from an Italian word for a 40-day period? (10) |
| BOZZETTO | From "rough stone", an Italian word for a small clay/wax model or maquette made in preparation of a projected sculpture; or, by extension, a sketch in oils for a larger painting (8) |
| WHORL | Word for a spindle's flywheel or wharve originally, later a pattern of concentric circles; a single convolution in a spiral shell; a radial arrangement of petals or leaves; or, a gyre or swirl in a fi |
| FRESCO | From an Italian word for "cool", an intonaco wall painting, often reproduced from a cartoon (6) |
| RAVIOLI | Type of pasta in the form of enve lopes with a filling (7) |
| GIORNATA | Art term describing how much painting can be done in a single day, from an Italian word which means "a day's work" |
| GELATO | From an Italian word for "frozen", Italian-style ice cream, authentically served with a paddle or spade (6) |
| GRAFFITI | Amir H. Fallah challenges the nature of portraiture with his work. He draws on his academic training as well as his experience in another medium, its name derived from an Italian word that means "to s |
| STILETTO | Knife with a long slender blade whose name is derived from an Italian word (8) |
| VIRTUOSO | Meaning "learned, skilful", an Italian word for a consummately talented musician; one with masterly skill in any other creative pursuit; or, a collector, connoisseur or dilettante of antiquities, art, |
| TOMBOLA | This (chiefly British) word is borrowed from an Neapolitan Italian word meaning "game resembling bingo played with cards bearing rows of numbers." Its first known use in English is 1835. |
| SUGO | From "juice", an Italian word for a sauce or salsa, particularly a passata-like pomodoro for pasta (4) |
| BOBBIN | Any one of a series of spindles used to make a form of pillow lace; or, a small spool for the lower thread in a sewing machine (6) |
