| BRASI | "The Godfather" (1972) character Luca |
| CASTELLANO | Actor Richard, who famously said "Leave the gun; take the cannoli" in "The Godfather" (1972) |
| REVOLVINGDOOR | In a sequence in the film The Godfather (1972) |
| VITO | "The Godfather" (1972) role |
| MAFIA | "The Godfather" (1972) syndicate |
| LUCA | ___ Brasi, "The Godfather" (1972) enforcer |
| SONNY | James' role in "The Godfather" (1972) |
| PACINO | "The Godfather" (1972) star Al |
| CAAN | James of "The Godfather" (1972) |
| CONTE | Richard ___, Don Barzini portrayer in "The Godfather" (1972) |
| CORLEONE | The Godfather (1972 film) revolves around this family |
| TALIA | Ms. Shire of "The Godfather" (1972) |
| AMERICA | 'I believe in __.': Bonasera's opening line from The Godfather (1972) (7) |
| SARTO | Italian word for "tailor", which is the epithet of the Florentine painter Andrea d'Agnolo di Francesco di Luca, whose frescos include The Journey of the Magi and The Nativity of the Virgin (5) |
| HITMAN | Luca Brasi in "The Godfather," e.g. |
| SEAMONSTER | Luca in Disney's "Luca" or the kraken |
| CALCULATOR | One aiding The Count from personnel list? Luca consuming new bloods at the centre from, primarily, coffins all dug up! (10) |
| PUZO | Author of the line "It means Luca Brasi sleeps with the fishes" |
| BISH | Surname of Luca, the Love Islander who made it to the final of Celebrity MasterChef in 2023 (4) |
| KOVAC | Surname of Luca, one of the doctors who appeared in ER in the 2000s (5) |
