A New Zealand figure in an Italian resort (5)
I believe the answer is:
anzio
'an italian resort' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.
'a new zealand figure' is the wordplay.
'new zealand' becomes 'nz'.
'figure' becomes 'io' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'a'+'nz'+'io'='ANZIO'
'in' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for anzio that I've seen before include "Italian site of WW2 Allied landing" , "Italian port, site of WWII allied landings" , "WW 2 landing in Italy" , "Italian WW2 beachhead" .)