Possible Clues:

• Nabokov's conclusion inscribed in a blank block
• Forging kit found in Tuscan village
• Verdi's '___ Chorus'
• Blacksmith's work site
• Block hidden by Italian villa
• That could be where Smith is going on strike
• It's hard hit when ironworkers strike
• Small component of skull buried in African village
• Heavy block on which to hammer metal
• Block found in Roman villa