The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SOFIA
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More clues leading to the result SOFIA
- City’s very fine road going west
- It follows funk broadcast in European city
- Capital of industrialist originally in South Africa
- Capital of India with place to park behind housing
- Capital up until now cut, one’s assumed
- South of Iowa’s capital city
- I tucked into one of the canapés – capital
- Capital Italy invested in place to relax
- One sinks into seat? That’s capital!
- Capital of Italy, boring place to relax
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The straight part
We know that "capital" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case capital = sofia.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.