The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word VIENNA
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More clues leading to the result VIENNA
- After battle, Napoleon evacuated a part of Austria
- Contend girl’s name should be taken up for city
- English Queen, the fourth to back European city
- Battle with ninjas oddly in European city
- Capital where queen and the last William retired
- Victor and Annie cooking a sort of sausage
- City girl returning after six
- Life in Paris before Napoleon evacuated a capital city
- Compete with new article about city in which Bob offered to pose or play
- English name used in vain around capital
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The straight part
We know that "city in which Bob offered to pose or play" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case city in which bob offered to pose or play = vienna.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.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.