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Trouble from Italian blocking a door (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

agitate

'trouble' is the definition.
(agitating is a kind of troubling)

'italian blocking a door' is the wordplay.
'italian' becomes 'it' (abbreviation for Italian).
'blocking' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'door' becomes 'gate'.
'a'+'gate'='agate'
'it' going within 'agate' is 'AGITATE'.

'from' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for agitate that I've seen before include "Stir; tie a tag (anag.)" , "Stir violently" , "Trouble, make nervous" , "Get upset" , "Make nervous; stir" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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