Fruit essentially eaten by Italian boy (7)
I believe the answer is:
tangelo
'fruit' is the definition.
(I know that tangelo is a fruit)
'essentially eaten by italian boy' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'boy' could be 'angelo' and 'angelo' is found within the answer.
A single letter 't' remains which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for tangelo that I've seen before include "Citrus hybrid - goal net (anag)" , "one cross, sour" , "sharp cross" , "Citrus fruit hybrid" , "fruitful merger?" .)