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Gold fried tortilla filled by Romeo the Italian way (10)

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I believe the answer is:

autostrada

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'italian way' is the definition.
'autostrada' can be an answer for 'way' (autostrada is a kind of way). I'm not sure about the 'italian' bit.

'gold fried tortilla filled by romeo' is the wordplay.
'gold' becomes 'Au' (Au is the chemical symbol for gold).
'fried tortilla' becomes 'tostada' (I've seen this in another clue).
'filled by' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'romeo' becomes 'r' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'tostada' going around 'r' is 'tostrada'.
'au'+'tostrada'='AUTOSTRADA'

'the' is the link.

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(Other definitions for autostrada that I've seen before include "motorway abroad" , "way Mafiosi might take?" , "fast route" , "expressway" , "European highway" .)

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