Toothless type in drama oddly having the Italian look (9)
I believe the answer is:
armadillo
'toothless type' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't see how one could define the other.
'drama oddly having the italian look' is the wordplay.
'oddly' is an anagram indicator (letters in an odd order).
'having' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'the italian' becomes 'il' (Italian for 'the').
'look' becomes 'lo' (archaic exclamation meaning 'look!').
'drama' is an anagram of 'armad'.
'armad'+'il'+'lo'='ARMADILLO'
'in' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for armadillo that I've seen before include "Toothless Native American" , "Compete against, drama" , "bony individual?" , "American insect-eater" , "Nocturnal creature" .)