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City with a centre for animals having strayed (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

milan

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

'a centre for animals having strayed' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'a' could be 'an' and 'an' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'mil' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'with' is the link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for milan that I've seen before include "province" , "Capital of Lombardy" , "Italian city with La Scala opera house" , "Italian industrial city" , "N. Italian city" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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