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African city with more zest (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tangier

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'african city' is the definition.
'Tangier' can be an answer for 'city' (city in Morocco). I am not certain of the 'african' bit.

'more zest' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'zest' could be 'tang' (synonyms) and 'tang' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'ier' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'with' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for tangier that I've seen before include "More piquant; Strait of Gib. port" , "Moroccan seaport made of granite" , "with more piquant flavour" , "More pungent" , "Seaport of Morocco, opposite Gibraltar" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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