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Decadent city in which anything goes (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

naughty

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'decadent city in which anything goes' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are adjectives. Perhaps you can see a link between them that I don't see?

'decadent city in which anything' is the wordplay.
'decadent city' becomes 'ny' (short for New York. I am not sure about the 'decadent' bit.).
'in which' indicates putting letters inside.
'anything' becomes 'aught' ('aught' means anything).
'ny' placed around 'aught' is 'NAUGHTY'.

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(Other definitions for naughty that I've seen before include "Badly behaved, child say" , "Behaving badly or risque" , "Wicked" , "Badly behaved, mischievous" , "Badly-behaved" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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