Cut in Italy, knight having broken spear died (7)
I believe the answer is:
ignored
'cut' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'italy knight having broken spear died' is the wordplay.
'italy' becomes 'i'.
'knight' becomes 'N' (chess abbreviation).
'having broken' means one lot of letters goes inside another (inserted letters break into the word).
'spear' becomes 'gore' (I've seen this in another clue).
'died' becomes 'd' (abbreviation next to the year of someone's death).
'n' inserted within 'gore' is 'gnore'.
'i'+'gnore'+'d'='IGNORED'
'in' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for ignored that I've seen before include "Paid no heed" , "Left out in the cold" , "Took no notice of" , "Shunned" , "Passed over" .)