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Name famous Indian singer returning to Brazilian city (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

natal

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'brazilian city' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'name famous indian singer returning' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'name' could be 'nata' and 'nata' is located in the answer.
A single letter 'l' remains which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

'to' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for natal that I've seen before include "African area" , "South African place" , "Like a birthday" , "former SA province" , "Province at one time" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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