The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word BRISBANE
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More clues leading to the result BRISBANE
- Antipodean capital turning Serbian, alongside capital in Belgrade
- Following Blackmore’s intro, Serbian rocked the city
- Somewhere in Oz small outlaw tucked into cheese
- Largely bustling bar, base in city
- Bishop comes to unusual Serbian city
- B&B is near sprawling city
- Death of familiar Queen guitarist seen in city
- Seawater all over subway — regular occurrence in this city
- Salt water-covered tars turning up in port
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "city" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case city = brisbane.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.