| 100% | FIAT | 4 | Italian automaker of Abarths and Bravos |
| 44% | KIA | 3 | Automaker of Souls and Stingers |
| 43% | DODGE | 5 | Automaker of the Charger and Challenger |
| 43% | KIA | 3 | Automaker of the Rio and Sorento |
| 42% | OLDS | 4 | Automaker of the Cutlass and Alero, for short |
| 41% | GNOCCHI | 7 | Italian dumplings of potato and semolina |
| 41% | BERNINI | 7 | Italian sculptor of Apollo and Daphne |
| 41% | FIAT | 4 | Italian automaker who is the majority owner of Chrysler |
| 41% | AUDI | 4 | Luxury automaker of the TT and A6 |
| 40% | DANTE | 5 | Italian poet of "Inferno" and "Divine Comedy" |
| 39% | OLDS | 4 | Former automaker of the Alero and Achieva, for short |
| 39% | RAPHAEL | 7 | Italian painter and architect of the Renaissance |
| 39% | LOMBARDY | 8 | Italian region of Monza, Bergamo and Milan |
| 39% | TIRAMISU | 8 | Italian dessert of coffee, cream and sponge |
| 39% | NEGRONI | 7 | Italian cocktail of gin, vermouth, and Campari |
| 39% | ALFA | 4 | Preceder of Bravo and Charlie |
| 38% | RAVENNA | 7 | Italian city and former capital of the Ostrogoths |
| 38% | MAMMAMIA | 8 | Italian expression and one of ABBA's songs |
| 38% | PESTO | 5 | Italian sauce of crushed pine nuts and basil |
| 38% | DEMEDICI | 8 | Dynasty of Italian bankers and statesmen |
| 37% | FLORENCEILING | 13 | Top and bottom of an Italian room? |
| 37% | GNOCCHI | 7 | Thick italian dumplings of semolina and potato |
| 37% | PRIMOLEVI | 9 | Italian chemist and writer of If This is a Man |
| 37% | GIUSEPPEVERDI | 13 | Italian composer of the operas "Aida" and "Rigoletto": 2 wds. |
| 37% | ROME | 4 | Italian home of the Trevi Fountain and the Spanish Steps |
| 37% | LEONARDO | 8 | Shared name of Titanic actor and Italian artist |
| 37% | DANTE | 5 | 14th-century Italian poet and creator of Inferno |
| 37% | MARZO | 5 | The month of March in Spanish and Italian |
| 36% | NOODLES | 7 | Long strings of dough in Italian and Asian cuisine |
| 36% | SCARLATTI | 9 | Alessandro —, Italian Baroque composer of operas Tigrane and Teodora |