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Pasta spot close to Bari (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ziti

'pasta' is the definition.
(I know that ziti is a type of pasta)

'spot close to bari' is the wordplay.
'spot' becomes 'zit' (spot on one's body).
'close to' says to take the final letters (the 'close' to the word).
The final letter of 'bari' is 'i'.
'zit'+'i'='ZITI'

(Other definitions for ziti that I've seen before include "2 [PASTA]" , "Type of pasta" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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