A cobra ran off for Italian food (9)
I believe the answer is:
carbonara
'italian food' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot judge whether it can be defined by this definition.
'a cobra ran off' is the wordplay.
'off' is an anagram indicator.
'a'+'cobra'+'ran'='acobraran'
'acobraran' with letters rearranged gives 'CARBONARA'.
'for' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for carbonara that I've seen is " Type of pasta sauce".)
I've seen this clue in The Times.
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