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Bore out nothing scientific at one Italian city (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

brescia

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'italian city' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'bore out nothing scientific at one' is the wordplay.
'out' is a deletion indicator.
'nothing' becomes 'O' (looks like zero - 0).
'scientific' becomes 'sci' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'at' says to put letters next to each other.
'one' becomes 'a' (a thing is one thing).
'bore' with 'o' taken out is 'bre'.
'bre'+'sci'+'a'='BRESCIA'

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(Other definitions for brescia that I've seen before include "Ascribe (anag) - Italian city" , "somewhere in Lombardy" , "Lombardy city; ascribe (anag.)" , "somewhere in Italy" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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