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African city reached by libertine in thirty-one days (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

marrakech

'african city' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'libertine in thirty-one days' is the wordplay.
'libertine' becomes 'rake' (rake is a kind of libertine).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'thirty-one days' becomes 'march' (March has 31 days).
'rake' put within 'march' is 'MARRAKECH'.

'reached by' acts as a link.

(Another definition for marrakech that I've seen is " African city".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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