A lot of stories about Italian girl (5)
I believe the answer is:
anita
'a lot of stories' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.
'about italian girl' is the wordplay.
'about' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'italian' becomes 'it' (abbreviation for Italian).
'girl' becomes 'ana' ().
'it' inserted within 'ana' is 'ANITA'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for anita that I've seen before include "Female" , "girl produced" , "lady" , "-- Loos, US writer" , "eg Dobson or Roddick" .)