Crossword Genius

City can produce tongue (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

latin

'tongue' is the definition.
(Latin is an example)

'city can' is the wordplay.
'city' becomes 'LA' (Los Angeles).
'can' becomes 'tin' (both are metal containers).
'la'+'tin'='LATIN'

'produce' is the link.

(Other definitions for latin that I've seen before include "Classical language" , "Language of old Romans" , "Parent language of French,Romanian" , "Ancestor of French, Romanian" , "Language of Cicero" .)

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