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City of Rome spoilt, sadly (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

metropolis

'city' is the definition.
('metropolis' can be a synonym of 'city')

'rome spoilt sadly' is the wordplay.
'sadly' indicates an anagram.
'rome'+'spoilt'='romespoilt'
'romespoilt' anagrammed gives 'METROPOLIS'.

'of' is the link.

(Other definitions for metropolis that I've seen before include "Main city" , "Chief city" , "Very large city" , "London, say" , "capital" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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