Crossword Genius

Capital assembled in very short order (5)

Ross

I think it could be either:

sofia

dover

'capital' is the definition.
(state capital of Delaware)

'assembled in very short order' is the wordplay.
'assembled in' indicates anagramming the letters.
'very' becomes 'v' (common abbreviation).
'short' means to remove the last letter.
'order' with its final letter taken away is 'orde'.
'v'+'orde'='vorde'
'vorde' with letters rearranged gives 'DOVER'.

(Other definitions for dover that I've seen before include "There'll be blue clouds over the white cliffs here" , "Kentish port" , "Cinque Port" , "fish" , "Channel port" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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