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Commotion as American seen in Yorkshire city with bear (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hullabaloo

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'commotion' is the definition.
(I know that commotion can be written as hullabaloo)

'american seen in yorkshire city with bear' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'american' could be 'a' (common abbreviation - e.g. in organisation names) and 'a' is found in the answer.
'city' could be 'hull' (Hull is an example) and 'hull' is present in the answer.
'bear' could be 'baloo' (I've seen this before) and 'baloo' is found within the answer.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'as' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for hullabaloo that I've seen before include "Uproar" , "Outcry" , "Brouhaha" , "Agitation or excitement" , "Commotion, fuss" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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