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Complex 'neath southern capital city (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

athens

'capital city' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'complex 'neath southern' is the wordplay.
'complex' indicates an anagram.
'southern' becomes 's' (abbreviation**).
'neath' with letters rearranged gives 'athen'.
'athen'+'s'='ATHENS'

(Other definitions for athens that I've seen before include "Greek capital" , "EU capital" , "Hasten (anag) -- capital city" , "City of the Parthenon" , "Hasten to Greece" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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