The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word TRURO
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result TRURO
- See torn-up root in odd places
- Couples leave trunk road finally for Cornish city
- Turning out river runs through English city
- Actual commotion successively cut short in city
- Cornish city organised tour crossing river
- Periodically tart up room in city
- Tour arranged around mid-April somewhere in Cornwall
- Arranged tour around river and cathedral city
- Tour right round a south-western city
- Organised tour taking in centre of early market town
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The straight part
We know that "Cornish city" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case cornish city = truro.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.