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Jun 23
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Quotidianno Crossword

And answers

by ITALY SEGRETA TEAM

Here, the answers to the crossword at the end of our first-ever QUOTIDIANNO. If you don’t have your physical copy, stop reading and get one here. If you have your copy, give the crossword a try before reading further.

A breakfast tray with pancakes, syrup, jam, coffee on a rumpled white-sheeted hotel bed; visible hotel logos in soft light. A breakfast tray with pancakes, syrup, and berries sits on a white bed; Hotel d’Inghilterra Roma logo appears on the right.

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1. Director of “La Dolce Vita” = FELLINI
2. Letters of the ancient Roman Republic = SPQR
3. City with the most bridges = VENICE
4. The sweetness of doing nothing (IT) = DOLCEFARNIENTE
6. You can always find nonne rolling out fresh orecchiette in this city = BARI
7. What we talk about at lunch = DINNER
8. Smoker’s paradise (IT) = TABACCHERIA
12. David’s dad? = MICHELANGELO
14. Famous coffee drink from Turin: espresso, chocolate and whipped cream (IT) = BICERIN
15. “I don’t know!” (IT) = BOH
17. What Italians drink like water = ESPRESSO
18. How to make an exit? = CIAO
20. Flaky lobster tail (IT) = SFOGLIATELLA
21. The person Italians love the most and who annoys them the most (IT) = MAMMA
23. “L’Anno Che Verrà” singer = DALLA
24. Author of “The Italians” = BARZINI
26. First European (!) city with paved streets = FLORENCE
27. The only tomato used for true pizza Napoletana = SANMARZANO
28. The acceptable form of ice cream for breakfast = GRANITA
30. How Italians answer the phone (IT) = LOUDLY
33. Used to warn off curses, evil and bad luck (IT) = CORNA
35. A light cocktail. Alternatively, British schoolboy. = HUGO
38. Italy’s footwear lookalike = BOOT
39. Aperol’s cousin? = CAMPARI
40. By-product of anchovy salting process = COLATURA
44. La dotta, la grassa, la rossa = BOLOGNA
45. Century of Italian unification = NINETEENTH
46. The city of the “Little Bull” (and the Taurus) = TURIN
47. Unit of former Italian currency = LIRA
50. You will spend hours here trying to mail a package or obtain a permesso di soggiorno (IT) = POSTE
51. Fashion capital of Italy = MILAN

ACROSS

5. How many times has Italy won the World Cup? = FOUR
9. Headquarters of Catholicism = VATICAN
10. What we talk about at breakfast = LUNCH
11. Summertime postprandial no no = SWIM
13. Your favorite Instagram account 😉 = ITALYSEGRETA
16. The sacred practice of a drink before dinner (IT) = APERITIVO
18. Sickness scapegoat (IT) = CAMBIODISTAGIONE
19. To leisurely walk and talk (IT) = PASSEGGIATA
22. Baccalà is salted what? = COD
25. A city in Basilicata dug into rock = MATERA
29. Our capital = ROME
31. The city with the best white truffles = ALBA
32. When you should never order a cappuccino = AFTERLUNCH
34. Pomo d’oro, or golden apple = TOMATO
36. The most addictive food on the planet (IT) = FOCACCIADIRECCO
37. Count Camillo. Alternatively, a quite alcoholic cocktail. = NEGRONI
41. “Ma Il Cielo è Sempre Più Blu” singer = GAETANO
42. A malady that manifests itself in ear pain, nasal congestion, sore throat, muscle contractions, neck ache, headache, indigestion, death of firstborn (IT) = COLPODARIA
43. Wiping your saucy plate with bread after a meal (IT) = LA SCARPETTA
48. What you’re holding = QUOTIDIANNO
49. Campari’s cousin? = APEROL
50. Italian afternoon nap (IT) = PENNICA
52. Preferred pasta after a night out = SPAGHETTI
53. Pizza fit for a queen = MARGHERITA

Elegant restaurant interior with blue walls, vintage mirrors, posters, white-tableclothed tables, and a bar visible through an open doorway. Elegant restaurant with blue walls, gold mirrors, red chairs, white tablecloths; posters and logos visible. Stylish adjoining room.