Colonist interrupts fellow in college regarding old Italian poet (7)
I believe the answer is:
dantean
'college regarding old italian poet' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.
'colonist interrupts fellow' is the wordplay.
'colonist' becomes 'ant' (ants live in colonies).
'interrupts' is an insertion indicator.
'fellow' becomes 'dean' (I have seen 'Resident fellow' mean 'dean' so perhaps 'fellow' could also mean 'dean').
'ant' going into 'dean' is 'DANTEAN'.
'in' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for dantean that I've seen before include "lover of poetry" , "like some Italian poetry" , "from hellish work" , "such is Inferno" , "like poet" .)