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City of low morals to Lima’s north (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

basel

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

'low morals to lima's north' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'low' could be 'base' (synonyms) and 'base' is present in the answer.
'lima' could be 'l' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.) and 'l' is found in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'of' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for basel that I've seen before include "City of Switzerland" , "Swiss city" , "In European city" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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