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A rescue organised outside very quiet capital (5-4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

upper-case

'capital' is the definition.
('upper case' can be a synonym of 'capital')

'a rescue organised outside very quiet' is the wordplay.
'organised' is an anagram indicator.
'outside' indicates putting letters inside.
'very quiet' becomes 'pp'.
'a'+'rescue'='arescue'
'arescue' with letters rearranged gives 'uercase'.
'uercase' going around 'pp' is 'UPPER-CASE'.

(Other definitions for upper-case that I've seen before include "Capital" , "In capitals" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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