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After having blundered, Italian succeeded (4,1,2,2,2)

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I believe the answer is:

made a go of it

'succeeded' is the definition.
(to make a go of something is to do well with it)

'after having blundered italian' is the wordplay.
'after having' says to put letters next to each other.
'blundered' becomes 'made a goof' (to make a goof is to blunder).
'italian' becomes 'it' (abbreviation for Italian).
'madeagoof'+'it' is 'MADE A GO OF IT'.

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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