White Italian lady in suspicious surroundings (10)
I believe the answer is:
chardonnay
'white' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'italian lady in suspicious surroundings' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'lady' could be 'donna' (I've seen this before) and 'donna' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'chary' 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 chardonnay that I've seen before include "Variety of white wine" , "drink" , "White wine grape" .)