Cryptic crossword clue
City covered in Virginia creepers

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word ACRE

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The straight part
We know that "City" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case city = acre.
The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does ACRE mean?

ACRE noun
  1. An English unit of land area (symbol: a. or ac.) originally denoting a day's plowing for a yoke of oxen, now standardized as 4,840 square yards or 4,046.86 square meters.
  2. Any of various similar units of area in other systems.
  3. (usually in the plural) A wide expanse.
  4. (usually in the plural) A large quantity.
  5. A field.
  6. The acre's breadth by the length, English units of length equal to the statute dimensions of the acre: 22 yds (≈20 m) by 220 yds (≈200 m).
  7. A duel fought between individual Scots and Englishmen in the borderlands.

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