Pasta tubes, wild, outrageous, Italian in origin (9)

I believe the answer is:

manicotti

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

'wild outrageous italian in origin' is the wordplay.
'wild' becomes 'manic' (I've seen this before).
'outrageous' becomes 'OTT' (short for over the top).
'italian in origin' becomes 'i' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'manic'+'ott'+'i'='MANICOTTI'

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(Another definition for manicotti that I've seen is " pasta tubes".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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