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Italian tried opening American tin (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tuscan

'italian' is the definition.
(someone from Tuscany in Italy)

'tried opening american tin' is the wordplay.
'opening' suggests taking the first letters.
'american' becomes 'US' (United States).
'tin' becomes 'can' (synonyms).
The initial letter of 'tried' is 't'.
't'+'us'+'can'='TUSCAN'

(Other definitions for tuscan that I've seen before include "Of region around Florence" , "Classical architecture" , "Relating to a region of Italy" , "From a central Italian region" , "Standard Italian" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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