VAR overturned goal slashing the odds in 1-1 Italian classic (7)
I believe the answer is:
ravioli
'classic' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't understand how they can define each other.
'var overturned goal slashing the odds in 1-1 italian' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
an anagram of 'var' is 'rav' which is located in the answer.
'1' could be 'i' (Roman numeral) and 'i' is present in the answer.
'italian' could be 'i' (abbreviation for Italian) and 'i' is found within the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for ravioli that I've seen before include "Small stuffed pasta" , "2 [PASTA]" , "stuffed envelopes to eat" , "(Meat, cheese, etc filled) pasta cases" , "Pasta pillows" .)