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Fickle motorist avoiding motorway food in Italy (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

risotto

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'food in italy' is the definition.
'risotto' can be an answer for 'food' (risotto is a kind of food). I am not sure about the 'in italy' bit.

'fickle motorist avoiding motorway' is the wordplay.
'fickle' indicates an anagram (a fickle or changing form of the letters).
'avoiding' suggests deleting specific letters.
'motorway' becomes 'M' (as in motorway names - M1, M4 etc).
'motorist' with 'm' removed is 'otorist'.
'otorist' is an anagram of 'RISOTTO'.

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(Other definitions for risotto that I've seen before include "Italian dish of rice, meat and vegetables" , "F" , "Savoury rice dish" , "Italian recipe" , "Rice/stock dish" .)

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