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A check involving Italian character (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

aitch

'character' is the definition.
(aitch is a kind of character)

'a check involving italian' is the wordplay.
'check' becomes 'ch' (I've seen this in other clues).
'involving' indicates putting letters inside.
'italian' becomes 'it'.
'a'+'ch'='ach'
'ach' enclosing 'it' is 'AITCH'.

(Other definitions for aitch that I've seen before include "that I will immediately succeed" , "the start of hives?" , "8th letter of the alphabet" , "bone" , "first bit of hymn?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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