The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word LIMA
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
L
I
M
A
More clues leading to the result LIMA
- City just to the west of delta in ricefields
- Tamil uprising — leader goes missing in capital city
- Plain meal regularly selected somewhere in Peru
- Family internally raised capital
- Reports of Madagascan somewhere in Peru
- Capital of Libya, leaving by motorway instead
- A short distance to the west
- Julius is visiting the Spanish capital
- This writer’s visiting one city or another
- Some capital, I’m assuming
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The straight part
We know that "in Peru" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case in peru = lima.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.