Crossword Genius

Birds with no stuffing for some Italians (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

genoese

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'some italians' is the definition.
(people from Genoa in Italy)

'birds with no stuffing' is the wordplay.
'birds with' becomes 'geese' (goose is a kind of bird. I am not sure about the 'with' bit.).
'stuffing' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'geese' placed around 'no' is 'GENOESE'.

'for' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for genoese that I've seen before include "Italian port's" , "from Italian city" , "from northern Italy" , "Coming from the birthplace of Christopher Columbus" , "Columbus, for one" .)

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