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City north of Cologne (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

essen

<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">city north of cologne</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>

(Other definitions for essen that I've seen before include "German industrial city on the Ruhr" , "Industrial city of northwest Germany" , "European city" , "Industrial centre of the Ruhr" , "Krupp HQ (Ger.)" .)

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