The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word TIRAMISU
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result TIRAMISU
- Dish, one on board streetcar, is heading for university
- Note stuff happens at university, for which damp sponge is needed
- American and I ruin it, upside-down dessert
- Rum, is it? A tipsy dessert!
- … leaving spiritualism to go off for some pudding
- Dessert from flipping United States — I ruin it
- Sweet I stuff into ill-fitting suit
- Sweet air I must circulate
- In fact, IRA misunderstood final course
- Italian speciality suit tailored to go over – essentially – big butt
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The straight part
We know that "Italian dessert" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case italian dessert = tiramisu.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does TIRAMISU mean?
TIRAMISU noun- An Italian semifreddo dessert, originally from Veneto, made from ladyfinger biscuits, cocoa, mascarpone cheese, Marsala wine, eggs (or sometimes cream), sugar and espresso coffee