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Blaze in capital reported (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

burn

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(Other definitions for burn that I've seen before include "Severely overcook" , "Scottish brook" , "Char" , "Cremate" , "Copy (a CD)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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