Vehicle touring Italy endlessly getting stuck (7)
I believe the answer is:
stalled
'stuck' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with motion as well as being past participle verbs.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'vehicle touring italy endlessly' is the wordplay.
'vehicle' becomes 'sled' (sled is a kind of vehicle).
'touring' means one lot of letters goes inside another (tour can mean to go around).
'endlessly' indicates the central letters (the ends of the words are removed).
The middle letters of 'italy' are 'tal'.
'sled' going around 'tal' is 'STALLED'.
'getting' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for stalled that I've seen before include "like horses in the stable" , "housed in a farm shed?" , "Prevaricated" , "(Of car) stopped running" , "Used delaying tactics - let lads do it" .)