| ADDIO | Word from Italian for goodbye (5) |
| PAPPARDELLE | Word, from Italian for "devour, eat hungrily/greedily, gobble up", for broad ribbons of pasta for ragu (11) |
| QUARTETTE | Word from Italian for a composition for four (9) |
| CAPRICE | Word, from Italian for "hedgehog-head", suggesting a shudder in which hair stood on end like said urchin's spines, for a sudden start/fright, mood change, impulsive act or whim (7) |
| BOCCONCINI | Word, from Italian for "mouthful", for bitesized balls of mozzarella (10) |
| BRINDISI | Word from Italian for toast or drinking-song (8) |
| SONNET | Word from Italian for "little tune" |
| PIANO | Literally "gentle", what word from Italian can be seen on sheet music? (5) |
| GONZO | From Italian for "fool" and Spanish for "bumpkin, goose", word meaning "absurd, bizarre, crazy" that is used in reference to journalism of an eccentric, exaggerated or subjective nature (5) |
| PIZZA | From Italian for "pie", word for a pissaladiere-like unfolded calzone (5) |
| GESSO | From Italian for "chalk, gypsum", a white preparation used as a ground for gilding or painting on wood panels (5) |
| GEMMA | What girl's name comes from Italian for "jewel"? (5) |
| ADIEU | A 1966 Stockhausen composition taking its title from the French word for goodbye (5) |
| ADIOS | Spanish word for goodbye (5) |
| PESTO | From Italian for "pound, crush", a sauce of basil crushed in a mortar with a similarly named utensil (5) |
| TORSO | From Italian for "stalk, stump", the trunk of a sculpted/human body without head or limbs; or, anything incomplete, truncated or unfinished (5) |
| BUFFO | From Italian for "gust, puff of wind", a comic bass actor in light opera, as opposed to serious or "seria" opera (5) |
| DONAT | Robert, Best Actor Oscar-winner for Goodbye Mr. Chips (5) |
| OOROO | Aussie for "goodbye" |
| AMORETTI | Word from Italian meaning lovers (8) |