City of the modern miss? (6)

I believe the answer is:

modena

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'city of' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'modern miss?' is the wordplay.
'modern' becomes 'mod' (synonyms).
'miss?' becomes 'ena' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'mod'+'ena'='MODENA'

'the' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for modena that I've seen before include "City of northern Italy" , "Crimson" , "Domestic fancy pigeon" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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