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A vehicle seen in the middle of that capital (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

havana

'capital' is the definition.
(Havana is an example)

'a vehicle seen in the middle of that' is the wordplay.
'vehicle' becomes 'van' (van is a kind of vehicle).
'seen in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'the middle of' indicates the central letters.
The middle letters of 'that' are 'ha'.
'a'+'van'='avan'
'avan' going within 'ha' is 'HAVANA'.

(Other definitions for havana that I've seen before include "city" , "Cuba's capital" , "Caribbean capital" , "Cuban capital - cigar" , "Fine cigar" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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