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City cold: greeting Charlie an effort (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

chicago

'city' is the definition.
(Chicago is an example)

'cold greeting charlie an effort' is the wordplay.
'cold' becomes 'c' (eg on taps).
'greeting' becomes 'hi' (hi is a kind of greeting).
'charlie' becomes 'c' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'an' becomes 'a'.
'effort' becomes 'go' (go is a kind of effort).
'c'+'hi'+'c'+'a'+'go'='CHICAGO'

(Other definitions for chicago that I've seen before include "Musical (in Illinois?)" , "Type of bridge" , "1970s' John Kander/Fred Ebb musical" , "Illinois port" , "US city - musical featuring All That Jazz" .)

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