| SOPHIA | ___ Loren, Italian star (6) |
| RONI | Author ___ Loren of Yes & I Love You |
| SOPHIALOREN | Italian star of the silver screen and octogenarian (pictured bottom) (6,5) |
| IDOL | Party held by the Italian star (4) |
| SOFIA | Bulgar city to hear Italian star |
| LOREN | See about making connection with new Italian star |
| GENOVESE | Italian star cut inside wingers |
| ORCHID | 1958 Sophia Loren film, The Black ___ (6) |
| ENROLS | Ultimate actress Loren, distraught, signs on (6) |
| NAPLES | Where did Sophia Loren spend her childhood? (6) |
| PAVAROTTI | Assistant referee’s helper books oddly trim Italian star |
| ROME | City Italian stars play |
| AMAZON | Major river whose true source was discovered in 1971 by Loren McIntyre (6) |
| MERVYN | American film director and producer who launched the careers of Clark Gable, Audrey Hepburn and Sophia Loren, among others (6,5) |
| EMPIRE | 1964 historical drama starring Sophia Loren and Stephen Boyd |
| AUSSIE | "Drag Race Down Under" winner Isis Avis Loren, for one |
| SERGIOLEONE | I see Loren go off Italian film director (6,5) |
| CARLOPONTI | Italian film producer who was the husband of Sophia Loren (5,5) |
| TWOWOMEN | English title of the 1960 war film for which Italian actress Sophia Loren won an Oscar (3,5) |
| LEROY | American film director and producer who launched the careers of Clark Gable, Audrey Hepburn and Sophia Loren, among others (6,5) |
