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City supporters suffer returning after international (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

brasilia

'city' is the definition.
(capital of Brazil)

'supporters suffer returning after international' is the wordplay.
'supporters' becomes 'bras' (a bra gives support to breasts).
'suffer' becomes 'ail' (ailing is a kind of suffering).
'returning' is a reversal indicator.
'after' says to put letters next to each other.
'international' becomes 'i' (abbreviation eg in IMF).
'ail' written backwards gives 'lia'.
'lia' put after 'i' is 'ilia'.
'bras'+'ilia'='BRASILIA'

(Other definitions for brasilia that I've seen before include "South American capital" , "SA capital" , "11 [CAPITAL]" , "Capital city of Brazil" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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