The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word TUNIS
I've seen this crossword clue in Independent
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More clues leading to the result TUNIS
- Port one gets in casks
- African port barrels India imported
- One finds barrels all around north African port
- City has close to eight educational establishments
- Trade union recalled offence, capital
- Casks I observed inside port
- African location where enthusiast returning lives
- Lover heading west with one’s capital abroad
- Odd parts of tour, wrong, around capital city
- It’s loosely about a French city
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "capital abroad" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case capital abroad = tunis.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.