Crossword Genius

Ill-sounding Italian's love for maple (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sycamore

'maple' is the definition.
(sycamore is a kind of maple)

'ill-sounding italian's love' is the wordplay.
'ill sounding' becomes 'syc' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'italian's love' becomes 'amore' ('love' in Italian).
'syc'+'amore'='SYCAMORE'

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for sycamore that I've seen before include "Timber producer" , "Wood" , "Large maple" , "Mr O'Casey is in the tree" , "Tree - may score (anag)" .)

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