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Australian city's extremely sorry cartoonist is sacked (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sydney

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'australian city's' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'extremely sorry cartoonist is sacked' is the wordplay.
'extremely sorry' becomes 'sy' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'cartoonist' becomes 'Disney' (Walt Disney).
'sacked' is a deletion indicator.
'disney' with 'is' taken away is 'dney'.
'sy'+'dney'='SYDNEY'

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(Other definitions for sydney that I've seen before include "- - Carton, 9 hero" , "Australian city with famous opera house" , "Largest Australian city" , "State capital of New South Wales" , "NSW capital" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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