The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word LIMA
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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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