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Little Margaret has acquired bed - it's made in Italy... (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ricotta

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'little margaret has acquired' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'bed it's made in italy' is the wordplay.
'bed' becomes 'cot' (cot is a type of bed).
'it's made in' indicates putting letters inside.
'italy' becomes 'rita' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'cot' put into 'rita' is 'RICOTTA'.

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(Other definitions for ricotta that I've seen before include "Sheep's milk cheese" , "may be served with biscuits" , "cheese, Italian style" , "Italian 4 across" , "Read the riot act about the cheese" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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