The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word TOKYO
I've seen this crossword clue in Independent
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More clues leading to the result TOKYO
- Destination Kentucky's old capital
- Capital is in order in toy-making
- Capital to put out, keeping last of money
- Capital city replacing Kyoto
- Satisfactory year in middle of pastoral capital city
- Capital of Kentucky, boring as well
- Finally let go before end of fight about unknown capital
- Country’s capital city its old capital has moved to
- Capital overly protecting the state
- Capital of Kentucky put in as well
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The straight part
We know that "Capital city replacing Kyoto" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case capital city replacing kyoto = tokyo.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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