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Middle Eastern city’s god coming west (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

suez

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'middle eastern city's' is the definition.
'suez' can be an answer for 'city's' (I have seen 'African city' mean 'suez' so perhaps 'city' could also mean 'suez'). I am not certain of the 'middle eastern' bit.

'god coming west' is the wordplay.
'god' becomes 'Zeus' (Zeus is an example).
'coming west' shows that the letters should be reversed in order (letters go right to left or 'east to west').
'zeus' in reverse letter order is 'SUEZ'.

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(Other definitions for suez that I've seen before include "Port of NE Egypt" , "A Passage to India" , "Location of Egypt's canal" , "Site of canal" , "Great European canal" .)

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