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Capital woman, by Jove, dancing (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sarajevo

'capital' is the definition.
(capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina)

'woman by jove dancing' is the wordplay.
'woman' becomes 'sara' (woman's name).
'by' says to put letters next to each other.
'dancing' indicates an anagram.
'jove' anagrammed gives 'jevo'.
'sara'+'jevo'='SARAJEVO'

(Other definitions for sarajevo that I've seen before include "Site of the assassination that sparked WW1" , "Assassination here triggered WWone" , "Largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina" , "Where Archduke Franz Ferdinand died in 1914" , "Capital city of Bosnia and Herzegovina" .)

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