The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word FREETOWN
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result FREETOWN
- Demon not the first to have capital
- African city’s topless event beset by display of disapproval
- Go to here to act extravagantly on spare capital
- Deliver place from captivity, a capital city
- No council tax here in Sierra Leone
- Worry about oriental private capital
- Independent and ultimately confident — it's working women primarily in this capital
- Capital font we're developing
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