The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word ARNO
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More clues leading to the result ARNO
- Italian banker's Oscar-nominated part
- River: one among a number
- A small number crossing river, one flowing through Florence
- Banker's refusal to meet artist backfired
- A river hardly an Italian river
- Flower revealed by fairly green unknown botanist in seconds
- River in Far North
- River a group of sailors love
- A small river? Certainly not!
- Italian runner, one replacing lead in Bond film
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "Italian runner" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case italian runner = arno.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.