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City in which a pair takes daily exercise initially (9)

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I believe the answer is:

bucharest

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

'a pair takes daily exercise initially' is the wordplay.
'a pair' becomes 'bust' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'takes' indicates putting letters inside.
'daily' becomes 'char' (both can mean a cleaner).
'initially' says to take the initial letters.
The first letter of 'exercise' is 'e'.
'char'+'e'='chare'
'bust' enclosing 'chare' is 'BUCHAREST'.

'in which' is the link.

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

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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