The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word RIALTO
I've seen this crossword clue in The Sunday Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result RIALTO
- Bespoke tailor in part of Venice
- Head from court case over to business centre
- Island’s terrible morality putting outsiders off
- Retreat back to part of Venice
- Most of trial took place in Venice
- Retreat over one side of toll bridge
- Capri altogether too much as a tourist attraction
- Irish backed singer in Italian island
- Foreign currency for exchange
- Retreat back beside a bridge
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The straight part
We know that "Venetian bridge" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case venetian bridge = rialto.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.