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City that is supportive of new UK leader (4,6)

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I believe the answer is:

auld reekie

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'supportive of new uk leader' is the definition.
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'city that is' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'that is' could be 'ie' (short for Latin 'id est', 'that is') and 'ie' is located in the answer.
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(Other definitions for auld reekie that I've seen before include "Name for Edinburgh" , "Former nickname of Edinburgh, 'old smoky'" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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