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American on hand working around old city (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

honduran

'american' is the definition.
(Honduran is an example)

'on hand working around old city' is the wordplay.
'working' indicates an anagram.
'around' indicates putting letters inside.
'old city' becomes 'ur' (ancient city state).
'on'+'hand'='onhand'
'onhand' with letters rearranged gives 'hondan'.
'hondan' enclosing 'ur' is 'HONDURAN'.

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times.
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