Dope sits on middle of road somewhere in Italy (5)
I believe the answer is:
genoa
'in italy' is the definition.
('Genoa' is part of 'italy')
'dope sits on middle of road' is the wordplay.
'dope' becomes 'gen' (both can mean information).
'sits on' says to put letters next to each other.
'middle of' means to look at the middle letters.
The middle letters of 'road' are 'oa'.
'gen'+'oa'='GENOA'
'somewhere' acts as a link.
I am not very happy about this link. It may belong to another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for genoa that I've seen before include "Italian city; sail" , "NW Italian sea port" , "Type of rich fruit cake" , "North Italian port" , "Italian city has no age, oddly" .)