Model hates taking in new city in Europe (6)

I believe the answer is:

athens

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'city in europe' is the definition.
'athens' can be an answer for 'city' (Athens is an example). I'm not certain of the 'in europe' bit.

'model hates taking in new' is the wordplay.
'model' indicates an anagram.
'taking in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'new' becomes 'n'.
'hates' with letters rearranged gives 'athes'.
'athes' placed around 'n' is 'ATHENS'.

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(Other definitions for athens that I've seen before include "EU capital" , "Greek capital" , "Plato's birthplace" , "Site of the Parthenon" , "Hasten to Greece" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times.

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