Local Italian man responsible for sudden, aggressive attack (5)
I believe the answer is:
salvo
'attack' is the definition.
(I know that salvo is a type of fire)
'local italian man responsible for sudden aggressive' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'man' could be 'sal' and 'sal' is found in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for salvo that I've seen before include "Burst of rapid fire" , "Burst of artillery shots" , "Sudden round of applause" , "Burst (of applause, insults, artillery etc)" , "Simultaneous discharge of artillery" .)