| PAPPARDELLE | Word, from Italian for "devour, eat hungrily/greedily, gobble up", for broad ribbons of pasta for ragu (11) |
| OBESE | Word from the Latin for "devour" |
| FEAT | Achievement formed by F + a synonym for "devour" |
| TENFOUR | Broderick Crawford, gravel-voiced burly star of the 1950s cop show Highway Patrol, was famous for ra |
| FOP | Fond of pasta for starters? Here's macaroni |
| RIGATONI | Sort of pasta for a dandy (8) |
| MACARONI | Sort of pasta for a dandy (8) |
| CARB | Bit of pasta, for short |
| BOMBARDIER | Doctor probes food that is right for RA member (10) |
| ATNO | 88 for Ra, e.g. |
| ACADEMICIAN | A despicable man with an assignment, say, for RA (11) |
| BOCCONCINI | Word, from Italian for "mouthful", for bitesized balls of mozzarella (10) |
| LARGO | From Latin for "abundant, copious" and Italian for "broad, wide", word for a slow tempo; or, a piece, such as Dvorak's "Hovis symphony", performed in this manner (5) |
| 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) |
| ADDIO | Word from Italian for goodbye (5) |
| BRINDISI | Word from Italian for toast or drinking-song (8) |
| SONNET | Word from Italian for "little tune" |
| FETTUCINI | Long ribbons of pasta (9) |
| FETTUCCINE | Long, flat ribbons of pasta (10) |
