Basil has arrived in capital (5)
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I believe the answer is:
lhasa
'capital' is the definition.
(Lhasa is an example)
'basil has arrived in' is the wordplay.
'in' indicates a hidden word.
'LHASA' is hidden in the letters of 'basil has arrived'.
(Other definitions for lhasa that I've seen before include "Capital of Tibet" , "The Forbidden City in Tibet" , "Sacred city" , "Group; stripe" , "Tibetan capital" .)