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As a sun resort it's capital (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

nassau

'capital' is the definition.
(capital of the Bahamas)

'as a sun resort' is the wordplay.
'resort' indicates anagramming the letters.
'as'+'a'+'sun'='asasun'
'asasun' with letters rearranged gives 'NASSAU'.

'it's' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for nassau that I've seen before include "Dublin street in the Bahamas?" , "Port of the Bahamas" , "city" , "Bahamian capital" , "Bahamas cap." .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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