Evil crime involved getting hold of student fare from Italy (10)
I believe the answer is:
vermicelli
'fare from italy' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both things that one consumes for nourishment as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'evil crime involved getting hold of student' is the wordplay.
'involved' indicates anagramming the letters (involved can mean confusing or complex).
'getting hold of' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'student' becomes 'l' (as in L-plates for learner drivers).
'evil'+'crime'='evilcrime'
'evilcrime' anagrammed gives 'vermiceli'.
'vermiceli' placed around 'l' is 'VERMICELLI'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for vermicelli that I've seen before include "shreds of chocolate" , "Worm pasta" , "Pasta in thin strands" , "Italian food" , "Very thin strings of pasta" .)