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Italian city's event organised by Scotsman (8)

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I believe the answer is:

venetian

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'italian' is the definition.
(I know that Venetian is a type of italian)

'event organised by scotsman' is the wordplay.
'organised' indicates an anagram.
'by' says to put letters next to each other.
'scotsman' becomes 'ian' (common Scottish name).
'event' is an anagram of 'venet'.
'venet'+'ian'='VENETIAN'

'city's' acts as a link.
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(Other definitions for venetian that I've seen before include "One like Marco Polo" , "Like gondolas and blinds, say" , "Relating to La Serenissima" , "-- blind; -- red; -- window" , "Citizen of Italy's water city" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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