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Belgian city worker with English accent (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

antwerp

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'belgian city' is the definition.
(Antwerp is a city in Belgium)

'worker with english accent' is the wordplay.
'worker' becomes 'ant' (worker is a type of ant).
'with' becomes 'w' (abbreviation).
'english' becomes 'E' (abbreviation).
'accent' becomes 'rp' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'ant'+'w'+'e'+'rp'='ANTWERP'

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(Other definitions for antwerp that I've seen before include "Province and port of Belgium" , "North Belgian port" , "Belgian city port" , "Busy Belgian port" , "harbour" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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