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Possible name of Italian club maybe in S American port (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ricardo

'possible name of italian' is the definition.
(common Italian name)

'club maybe in s american port' is the wordplay.
'club maybe' becomes 'card' (clubs is a playing card suit).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
's american port' becomes 'Rio' (Rio de Janeiro, port in Brazil in South America).
'card' going into 'rio' is 'RICARDO'.

(Another definition for ricardo that I've seen is " Economist".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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