UK artist has instrument one produced in Italy (7)

I believe the answer is:

ravioli

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'uk' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot see how they can define each other.

'artist has instrument one produced in italy' is the wordplay.
'artist' becomes 'RA' (Royal Academician, member of Royal Academy of Arts).
'has instrument' becomes 'vol' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'produced in' indicates putting letters inside.
'italy' becomes 'i'.
'vol' enclosing 'i' is 'viol'.
'ra'+'viol'+'i'='RAVIOLI'

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(Other definitions for ravioli that I've seen before include "stuffed envelopes to eat" , "Italian food" , "Filled pasta envelopes" , "Pasta pockets" , "Pasta with savoury stuffing" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.

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