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A New Zealand figure in an Italian resort (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

anzio

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'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.

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(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" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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