The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word MELBOURNE
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More clues leading to the result MELBOURNE
- People ecstatic at first about party removing a PM
- Victoria's first PM providing her capital?
- Opera star finishes early on old vesselin Oz port
- Girl carried round university city
- Author left, reportedly destined for Australian city
- Brooks sustained said city?
- Spice Girl on tour topless, one topless in Australia
- This writer and lecturer, prefacing book on our Tyneside PM of former days
- Spice Girl content in journey somewhere in Australia
- Men upset about the Spanish book on our former PM
Buddy explains!

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 = melbourne.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.