In Italy, the large rude signs surrounding old townships (5)
I believe the answer is:
vills
'rude signs surrounding old townships' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot tell whether this works.
'in italy the large' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'italy' could be 'i' and 'i' is located in the answer.
'large' could be 'l' (eg in clothes sizes) and 'l' is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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