| MARSALA | Dark sweet or dry wine fortified with brandy, originating in Sicily in 1773 (7) |
| MARTINI | Sweet or dry aperitif (7) |
| SECCO | Italian word for "dry", used to refer to a technique of mural painting on dried lime plaster as opposed to fresh or "fresco"; or, dry wine (5) |
| PORTUGAL | Country wine fortified Gaul for a change (8) |
| GRAPPA | Strong, grape-based brandy originating in Italy (6) |
| BRADLEY | Omar, U.S. general who commanded in Tunisia and Sicily in World War II (7) |
| AMOROSO | Italian, Latin or Spanish word for "loving", hence for music to be played tenderly; a male lover or ladies' man; or, lovingly aged dark sweet sherry (7) |
| SANGRIA | Spanish drink of red wine, sugar, orange or lemon juice and iced soda laced with brandy (7) |
| LEONTES | King of Sicily in Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale (1623), married to Hermione (7) |
| RATAFIA | Liqueur made from the leftover juice of champagne grapes mixed with brandy and flavoured with almonds or the kernels of peaches, apricots etc. (7) |
| CONQUER | She Stoops To ___, comedy written in 1773 by Oliver Goldsmith (7) |
| AEGADIS | A group of islands off the west coast of Sicily in the Mediterranean. |
| LEOPARD | The ____ is a novel by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa about Sicily in the Risorgimento |
| SIDECAR | A cocktail made with brandy, orange liqueur and lemon juice (7) |
| REDEYES | Coffees fortified with extra espresso |
| EGGFLIP | Drink made with brandy or sherry |
| APRICOT | Prunus armeniaca fruit - might be associated with brandy (7) |
| TEASHIP | Unwelcome Boston Harbor vessel in 1773 |
| OLOROSO | Dark, sweet sherry |
| TREACLE | Dark sweet syrup |
