First lady beheaded in pleasant Italian city (6)
I believe the answer is:
venice
'italian city' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'first lady beheaded in pleasant' is the wordplay.
'first lady' becomes 'eve' (first woman in the Bible).
'beheaded' means to remove the first letter (the head of the word is removed).
'in pleasant' becomes 'nice' (associated in meaning. I am not sure about the 'in' bit.).
'eve' with its initial letter taken away is 've'.
've'+'nice'='VENICE'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for venice that I've seen before include "Grand Canal city" , "Italian city once known as Queen of the Adriatic" , "City of canals instead of streets" , "North Italian port" , "Archdeacon subject to delay, it's implied, in" .)