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City has energy-saving lights (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

leeds

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'city' is the definition.
(city in England)

'energy-saving lights' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'energy' could be 'e' (physics symbol as in E=mc2) and 'e' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'leds' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'has' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for leeds that I've seen before include "Northern town" , "City of northern England - castle of southern England" , "22 [FA CUP] runners-up" , "British city and premier division football club" , "City on River Aire" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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