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Charlie, unaccompanied, eating unknown Italian food (7)

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I believe the answer is:

calzone

'italian food' is the definition.
(type of pizza)

'charlie unaccompanied eating unknown' is the wordplay.
'charlie' becomes 'c' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'unaccompanied' becomes 'alone' (synonyms).
'eating' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'unknown' becomes 'z' (algebra).
'alone' enclosing 'z' is 'alzone'.
'c'+'alzone'='CALZONE'

(Other definitions for calzone that I've seen before include "food in Venice?" , "Folded type of pizza" , "Pizza dough turnover" , "Folded variety of pizza" , "Type of pizza - clean Oz (anag)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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