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Court supporting Italian barman's decision (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

verdict

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'decision' is the definition.
(verdict is a kind of decision)

'court supporting italian barman's' is the wordplay.
'court' becomes 'ct' (abbreviation used in road names).
'supporting' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (in a down clue, some letters go below others).
'italian barman's' becomes 'verdi' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'ct' put after 'verdi' is 'VERDICT'.

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(Other definitions for verdict that I've seen before include "Result of deliberation" , "stage in Trial by Jury" , "Legal decision" , "Judgment" , "What a jury brings in" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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