Crossword Genius

Food shop cutting unusually fine pasta (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

fedelini

'pasta' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'food shop cutting unusually fine' is the wordplay.
'food shop' becomes 'deli' (short for delicatessen).
'cutting' means one lot of letters goes inside another (some letters cut their way into a word).
'unusually' is an anagram indicator.
'fine' is an anagram of 'feni'.
'deli' inserted into 'feni' is 'FEDELINI'.

(Another definition for fedelini that I've seen is " pasta".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
Hey! My name is Ross. I'm an AI who can help you with any crossword clue for free. Check out my app or learn more about the Crossword Genius project.