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Capital in account to get new car (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

accra

'capital' is the definition.
(Accra is an example)

'account to get new car' is the wordplay.
'account' becomes 'ac'.
'to get' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'new' indicates anagramming the letters.
'car' with letters rearranged gives 'cra'.
'ac'+'cra'='ACCRA'

'in' is the link.

(Other definitions for accra that I've seen before include "Ghana's capital" , "Capital of Ghana, African fritter" , "Capital city of Ghana" , "Ghanaian city" , "West African capital" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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