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A city to be entered by a Latin couple (5)

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I believe the answer is:

lille

'a city' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'be entered by a latin couple' is the wordplay.
'a latin couple' means two substitutions for 'latin'.
'be' becomes 'lie' (lying is a kind of being).
'entered by' is an insertion indicator (I've seen this in other clues).
'latin' becomes 'l'.
'latin' becomes 'l'.
'l'+'l'='ll'
'lie' enclosing 'll' is 'LILLE'.

'to' is the link.

(Other definitions for lille that I've seen before include "Stop before Paris" , "European city" , "Feeling unwell in the French town" , "[FRANCOPHOBIA] would prevent you appreciating it" , "Industrial city of northern France" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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