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Italian drains fixed by Scot (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sardinian

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

'drains fixed by scot' is the wordplay.
'fixed' indicates an anagram.
'by' says to put letters next to each other.
'scot' becomes 'ian' (Scottish given name).
'drains' is an anagram of 'sardin'.
'sardin'+'ian'='SARDINIAN'

(Other definitions for sardinian that I've seen before include "from an Italian island" , "Native of the Med's second largest island" , "Islander" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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