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Cook learns nothing in Italian city (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

salerno

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

'cook learns nothing' is the wordplay.
'cook' indicates anagramming the letters.
'nothing' becomes 'o' (looks like zero - 0).
'learns' is an anagram of 'salern'.
'salern'+'o'='SALERNO'

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for salerno that I've seen before include "City of Campania" , "Italian city; Orleans (anag.)" , "European city!" , "Learn so as to go out to the Italian port city" , "Orleans (anag) - Italian port" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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