Finnish capital (8)
I believe the answer is:
helsinki
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">finnish capital</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(capital of Finland)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for helsinki that I've seen before include "Liken his strange city to one in Finland" , "Finland's largest city" , "Nineteen fifty two Olympics city" , "foreign capital" , "Sikh line (anag)" .)