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Old Italian latte in a new guise (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

latinate

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'old italian' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are adjectives. Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?

'latte in a new guise' is the wordplay.
'new guise' indicates an anagram (I've seen this in other clues).
'latte'+'in'+'a'='latteina'
'latteina' with letters rearranged gives 'LATINATE'.

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(Another definition for latinate that I've seen is " ancient tongue".)

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