Cryptic crossword clue
Local in favour of Italian artist joining a student 10

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 10 letter word PROVINCIAL

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The straight part
We know that "Local" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case local = provincial.
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.
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What does PROVINCIAL mean?

PROVINCIAL noun
  1. A person belonging to a province; one who is provincial.
  2. A monastic superior, who, under the general of his order, has the direction of all the religious houses of the same fraternity in a given district, called a province of the order.
  3. A country bumpkin.
PROVINCIAL adjective
  1. Of or pertaining to a province.
  2. Constituting a province.
  3. Exhibiting the ways or manners of a province; characteristic of the inhabitants of a province.
  4. Not cosmopolitan; backwoodsy, hick, yokelish, countrified; not polished; rude
  5. Narrow; illiberal.
  6. Of or pertaining to an ecclesiastical province, or to the jurisdiction of an archbishop; not ecumenical.
  7. Limited in outlook; narrow.

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