Half the criticism falls back on a city in Italy (6)
I believe the answer is:
verona
'in italy' is the definition.
('Verona' is part of 'italy')
'half the criticism falls back on a city' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'on' is present in the answer.
'a' is within the answer.
The remaining letters 'ver' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for verona that I've seen before include "Italian city (with two gentlemen)" , "Rave on in Italian city of Romeo and Juliet" , "Juliet's hometown" , "Location of Shakespeare's two gentlemen" , "Italian city, home of Romeo and Juliet" .)