What was tender of Italians welcoming British stars? (5)
I believe the answer is:
libra
'stars?' is the definition.
(I know that Libra is a constellation)
'what was tender of italians welcoming british' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'british' could be 'br' (abbreviation for British) and 'br' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'lia' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for libra that I've seen before include "Seventh sign of the Zodiac" , "Constellation near Virgo" , "Zodiac sign of the scales" , "stars" , "Scales constellation" .)