Man stood up by Agnes, perhaps, in the Italian restaurant (7)
I believe the answer is:
lasagne
'the italian restaurant' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot understand how they can define each other.
'man stood up by agnes perhaps' is the wordplay.
'man' becomes 'al' (man's name).
'stood up' says the letters should be written in reverse (in a down clue, letters go up).
'by' says to put letters next to each other.
'perhaps' indicates anagramming the letters.
'al' written backwards gives 'la'.
'agnes' anagrammed gives 'sagne'.
'la'+'sagne'='LASAGNE'
'in' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for lasagne that I've seen before include "Form of pasta" , "Baked pasta dish" , "Flat sheets of pasta" , "Italian cooking" , "Italian dish with layers of pasts and mince between" .)