Child in game extremely curious about boxer’s slanting script (7)
I believe the answer is:
italics
'script' is the definition.
(type of script)
'child in game extremely curious about boxer's slanting' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'about' could be 'c' (circa) and 'c' is found within the answer.
'boxer's' could be 'alis' (Muhammad Ali) and 'alis' is found within the remaining letters.
The remaining letters 'it' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for italics that I've seen before include "Sloping font" , "Sloping typeface" , "Printed letters that slope" , "indication of stress?" , "Slanting print" .)