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City does as badly (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

odessa

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

'does as badly' is the wordplay.
'badly' indicates an anagram (letters in the wrong order).
'does'+'as'='doesas'
'doesas' anagrammed gives 'ODESSA'.

(Other definitions for odessa that I've seen before include "Port city of Ukraine" , "Do seas come into Ukrainian city?" , "Seaport" , "Port city on the Black Sea" , "Battleship Potemkin mutiny port" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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