The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word RANGOON
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result RANGOON
- Managed to proceed, reaching Burmese port
- Old Asian port managed by stupid person?
- Capital once managed by board
- Managed to get rabbit in capital city
- Asian city managed to endure
- Continue supporting managed capital
- City governed by thug
- City managed to continue
- Capital is managed topping advance
- Continued holding Eastern game in Asian city
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "capital city" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case capital city = rangoon.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.