Ev 1644

[tedsgran]

30a Italian city to secure ancient hotel (4) ?ARI

The wordplay yields an extra "N" 

Bari ? Italian city..parse?

I can see the specific location to highlight (8 letters?) but unsure of the equipment although I can see a possible in col 5?

[tedsgran]

ah...the equipment is repeated?

[Neveracrossword]

Tedsgran, the specific location is longer than eight letters (I think the  eight is the 'general, suggested location', mentioned in the preamble.

I just shoved Bari in, didn't parse it.

[tedsgran]

..i now have the location as 8,3   so it must be Bari, but parse?

[Neveracrossword]

Tedsgran, I've checked Chambers - 'in' is an old word (from Spenser) meaning 'hotel'.

My location isn't 8,3....

[JJ109]

The only thing I can think of is if "in" is an ancient/obsolete version of "inn"/hotel

Bar in (with the N being extra - but you will needto check Chambers!)

[Neveracrossword]

Sorry, tedsgran, I forgot to say... Bar, secure +I(n), Bari.

[Neveracrossword]

Thanks, JJ, we crossed.

[professorplum13]

on google the specific location is 8,7 but i cant see that in the grid?

[professorplum13]

I can see now that its 7,4 to make it symmetrical...

[Neveracrossword]

ProfessorP, that sounds the same as mine - I got the location from a BBC link.

[quinol]

thrilled to finish this eventually with your help, the 2 uclueds leading me to the never-heard-of event, and your enumerations of the location confirming.