Capital morning for a mere male (5)

I believe the answer is:

amman

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'capital' is the definition.
(capital of Jordan)

'morning for a mere male' is the wordplay.
'morning' becomes 'am' (as in ma:00 AM).
'for' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'a mere male' becomes 'man' (man is a kind of male. I am not sure about the 'mere' bit.).
'am'+'man'='AMMAN'

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(Other definitions for amman that I've seen before include "Middle East capital" , "Jordanian city" , "Jordan's capital" , "Asian capital" , "Jordanian capital" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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