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Crackpot, going back, is getting capital in Africa (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tunis

'capital in africa' is the definition.
(capital of Tunisia)

'crackpot going back is getting' is the wordplay.
'crackpot' becomes 'nut' (synonyms).
'going back' is a reversal indicator.
'getting' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'nut' backwards is 'tun'.
'tun'+'is'='TUNIS'

(Other definitions for tunis that I've seen before include "Capital of a republic in north Africa" , "Tom, Dick or Harry" , "North African location" , "I stun (anag) - port and capital" , "N African port" .)

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