Avoid large town, place in Kansas (5,4)
I believe the answer is:
dodge city
'place in kansas' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.
'avoid large town' is the wordplay.
'avoid' becomes 'dodge' (dodging is a kind of avoiding).
'large town' becomes 'city' (I've seen this before).
'dodge'+'city'='DODGE CITY'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for dodge city that I've seen before include "Old West frontier settlement in Kansas" , "Part of Kansas" .)