Spend part of the year with a club in Italy (6)
I believe the answer is:
winter
'spend part' is the definition.
'winter' can be an answer for 'spend' (wintering is a kind of spending). I'm not sure about the 'part' bit.
'year with a club in italy' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'with' could be 'w' (short for with) and 'w' is found in the answer.
'club' could be 'inter' (Inter Milan, Italian football club) and 'inter' is located in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'of the' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for winter that I've seen before include "'Now is the . . . . . . of our discontent' (Richard III)" , "Time for mittens and scarves?" , "Coldest season" , "'If . . . . . . comes, can spring be far behind?'" , "Cold season" .)