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Nothing American about unusual Azeri restaurant (8)

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I believe the answer is:

pizzeria

'restaurant' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'nothing american about unusual azeri' is the wordplay.
'nothing american' becomes 'zip' (US term for zero or nothing).
'about' is a reversal indicator.
'unusual' indicates an anagram.
'zip' reversed gives 'piz'.
'azeri' anagrammed gives 'zeria'.
'piz'+'zeria'='PIZZERIA'

(Other definitions for pizzeria that I've seen before include "Kind of Italian restaurant" , "Italian-style restaurant" , "Type of Italian restaurant" , "Shop that makes popular Italian fare" , "Shop making and selling popular Italian food" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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