Vaguely observed international judge going round Italy (2,3,3)
I believe the answer is:
in the air
'vaguely observed international judge going round italy' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.
'international judge going round italy' is the wordplay.
'international' becomes 'int' (abbreviation for international).
'judge' becomes 'hear' (as in to hear a court case).
'going round' is an insertion indicator (some letters go around others).
'italy' becomes 'i'.
'hear' placed around 'i' is 'heair'.
'int'+'heair'='IN THE AIR'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for in the air that I've seen before include "a possibility" , "Vaguely prevalent" , "Where clouds are" , "Flying around currently" , "Uncertain" .)