Dad, possibly, and daughter entertained by Italian friend? (10)
I believe the answer is:
palindrome
'dad' is the definition.
I know that 'dad' relates to this answer. I also know that both the answer and definition are singular nouns
'and daughter entertained by italian friend?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'and' could be 'n' (common abbreviation for 'and') and 'n' is found in the answer.
'daughter' could be 'd' (genealogical abbreviation) and 'd' is present in the answer.
'italian' could be 'i' (abbreviation for Italian) and 'i' is found in the answer.
'friend?' could be 'pal' (pal can mean a friend) and 'pal' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'rome' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'possibly' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for palindrome that I've seen before include "Maybe Hannah" , "Word like the Indian language "Malayalam", for instance" , "Word as kayak, refer" , "madam, perhaps" , "which looks the same from the other side" .)