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In Pennsylvania, a way to get Italian food (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pasta

'italian food' is the definition.
(type of Italian food)

'in pennsylvania a way' is the wordplay.
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'pennsylvania' becomes 'PA'.
'way' becomes 'st' (abbreviation for street).
'a'+'st'='ast'
'pa' going around 'ast' is 'PASTA'.

'to get' is the link.

(Other definitions for pasta that I've seen before include "Fare from Italy" , "Tagliatelle, for example" , "Spaghetti, ziti, fusilli, for example" , "Eg, spaghetti" , "Italian foodstuff" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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