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Caught animal entering bankrupt capital (9)

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I believe the answer is:

bucharest

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

'caught animal entering bankrupt' is the wordplay.
'caught animal' becomes 'chare' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'entering' is an insertion indicator.
'bankrupt' becomes 'bust' (I've seen this before).
'chare' placed inside 'bust' is 'BUCHAREST'.

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(Other definitions for bucharest that I've seen before include "European city" , "Romanian capital" , "European capital" , "Capital of Romania" , "Balkan city" .)

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