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A dose of Farage no alternative for the City (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

genoa

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'city' is the definition.
(Genoa is an example)

'a dose of farage no alternative for' is the wordplay.
'GENOA' is hidden in amongst the letters.
But, I am unsure how this is indicated.

'the' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for genoa that I've seen before include "Italian city has no age, oddly" , "Type of rich fruit cake" , "City of Italy" , "North Italian port" , "Italian city; sail" .)

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