Italian duo I ignored possibly getting excessive praise (9)
I believe the answer is:
adulation
'excessive praise' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'italian duo i ignored possibly' is the wordplay.
'ignored' indicates named letters should be taken away.
'possibly' is an anagram indicator.
'italian'+'duo'='italianduo'
'italianduo' with 'i' taken out is 'talianduo'.
'talianduo' with letters rearranged gives 'ADULATION'.
'getting' is the link.
(Other definitions for adulation that I've seen before include "Praise - flattery" , "Servile flattery" , "Hero-worship" , "pats on the back" , "Adoration, idolisation" .)