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Italian girl showing cleavage in East (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

florentine

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

'girl showing cleavage in east' is the wordplay.
'girl showing' becomes 'flo' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'cleavage' becomes 'rent' (both can mean a tear or split in something).
'east' becomes 'e' (abbreviation).
'flo'+'rent'+'in'+'e'='FLORENTINE'

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(Other definitions for florentine that I've seen before include "One kind of Italian" , "Biscuit with nuts and fruit" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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