The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word BUDAPEST
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result BUDAPEST
- Shoot a persistently annoying person in capital
- Call up to have a trial for City
- City growth — a blight
- Shoot a troublemaker? Capital
- . Friend a right nuisance in this city
- Capital, dude, a nuisance
- US pal, a pain in the neck in European capital
- Friend takes off, having time in European city
- A nuisance having to chase American friend in European capital
- Capital’s pub with dates sorted out
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