Crossword Genius

City ground I select with little hesitation (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

leicester

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

'ground i select with little hesitation' is the wordplay.
'ground' is an anagram indicator ('grind' the letters into a new form).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'little hesitation' becomes 'er' (expression of hesitation).
'i'+'select'='iselect'
'iselect' with letters rearranged gives 'leicest'.
'leicest'+'er'='LEICESTER'

(Other definitions for leicester that I've seen before include "Midland city" , "At Richmond Palace a favourite" , "City; orange cheese" , "Central English city; red cheese" , "City, Robert Dudley" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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