The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word ALGIERS
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result ALGIERS
- Lagers I ordered in north African port
- Capital for redevelopment is large
- Gangster catcalls heard in capital
- Capital city is large, sprawling
- Capone is scornful, we hear, in African port
- Capital city is large, perhaps
- Capital lager is brewed
- A girl’s wandering around European capital city
- Compound is large in African capital
- A girl’s disorientated touring European capital
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The cryptic/wordplay part
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