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Circle the globe with Italian (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

orbit

'circle' is the definition.
(orbiting is a kind of circling)

'the globe with italian' is the wordplay.
'the globe' becomes 'orb' ('orb' can be a synonym of 'globe').
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'italian' becomes 'it'.
'orb'+'it'='ORBIT'

(Other definitions for orbit that I've seen before include "Path of planet etc" , "Revolution" , "Sort of circuit" , "fly in a circle" , "Path eg of heavenly body" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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