15 December 2016

Crossword by Boffles

The Land of Culture and Cucina

Across

    7  The heel of the boot (6)

    8  Leader who would have made Southern Rail run on time (2,4)

    9  Wine to make you sparkle? (4)

  10  Saucy city (7)

  11  Straight (?) Sicilian city (7)

  13  Old Italian today (5)

  15  Like Dave, one of 2016’s losers (5)

  17  Scene of a famous Verona tryst (7)

  20  Many a one taken of St Peter’s Square (4)

  21  Milanese dish not for those who dislike bones (8)

  23  A word often used to describe the activities of Signor Berlusconi (6)

  24  This is the life –  drinking a Super ……. in your ……. villa (6)

 

Down

    1  Lots of adult males there apparently still live with their …….. (4)

    2  They landed at Salerno (6)

    3  The younger generation (7)

    4  Rome has seven (5)

    5  Musical term for the pace of life there? (6)

    6  Triumvir and (under a different name) Emperor (8)

  12  Description often applied to the City of Rome (7)

  14  Cake or ice cream – take your pick (7)

  16  Just a trifle if Inglese (5)

  18  Those Futurists owed a debt to it (6)

  19  Starred in ‘El Cid’ and ‘The Millionairess’ (5)

  22  Cheery greeting (4)