State that the Italian should reverse and leave car here in protected area (8,4)
I believe the answer is:
national park
'protected area' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'state that the italian should reverse and leave car' is the wordplay.
'state' becomes 'nation' (both can mean a country).
'that the italian' becomes 'la' ('the' in Italian).
'should reverse' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'leave car' becomes 'park' (I've seen this before).
'la' in reverse letter order is 'al'.
'nation'+'al'+'park'='NATIONAL PARK'
'here in' is the link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for national park that I've seen before include "protected zone" , "Exmoor, for example" , "Area of countryside for public use" , "Public land" , "place of natural beauty" .)