Crossword Genius

Close to liquidation, fine to raid one’s capital (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

nairobi

'capital' is the definition.
(Nairobi is an example)

'close to liquidation fine to raid one's' is the wordplay.
'close to' indicates one should take the final letters (the close/ending of).
'fine' becomes 'ai' (I've seen this in other clues**).
'to raid' becomes 'rob'.
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
The last letter of 'liquidation' is 'n'.
'n'+'ai'+'rob'+'i'='NAIROBI'

(Other definitions for nairobi that I've seen before include "Flat round object" , "Kenya's capital city" , "Kenyan city" , "East African capital" , "Robinia strangely found in Kenya" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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