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Check this out - new president-elect informally addressed city (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

london

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'city' is the definition.
(London is an example)

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(Other definitions for london that I've seen before include "Where Boris Johnson might be" , "City of Piccadilly" , "US writer" , "City for the odd non-old" , "UK Capital city" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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