Italian set it over a verandah (5)
I believe the answer is:
lanai
'verandah' is the definition.
(lanai is a kind of verandah)
'italian set it over a' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'italian' could be 'i' (abbreviation for Italian) and 'i' is located in the answer.
'a' could be 'an' and 'an' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'la' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for lanai that I've seen before include "Hawaiian veranda" , "Hawaiian living area" , "Place where Hawaiians live" .)