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Deputy with president in capital (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

kampala

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'capital' is the definition.
(capital of Uganda)

'deputy with president' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'president' could be 'p' (common abbreviation eg in VP) and 'p' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'kamala' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'in' is the link.

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(Other definitions for kampala that I've seen before include "Uganda's capital" , "Ugandan city" , "in East Africa" , "Capital of Uganda" , "Ugandan capital" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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