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Mum and I abandoned limo in foreign city (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

malmo

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

'mum and i abandoned limo in foreign' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'mum' could be 'ma' (ma can mean mother) and 'ma' is found within the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for malmo that I've seen before include "Swedish city and port" , "city in Sweden" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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