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Pasta etc unfit for cooking sent to Italy (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

fettucini

'pasta' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'etc unfit for cooking sent to italy' is the wordplay.
'for cooking' indicates anagramming the letters.
'sent to' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'italy' becomes 'i'.
'etc'+'unfit'='etcunfit'
'etcunfit' is an anagram of 'fettucin'.
'fettucin'+'i'='FETTUCINI'

(Other definitions for fettucini that I've seen before include "Ribbon-like pasta" , "long ribbons" , "Ribbon pasta" , "Italian course" , "Of gold" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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