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Disaster that's a hit in City (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

calamity

'disaster' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'a hit in city' is the wordplay.
'hit' becomes 'lam' (to 'lam' means to hit hard).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'a'+'lam'='alam'
'alam' placed within 'city' is 'CALAMITY'.

'that's' is the link.

(Other definitions for calamity that I've seen before include "A sad or disastrous happening" , "Musical set in Deadwood" , "15 [JANE] the frontierswoman" , "Event resulting in great loss and misfortune" , "Catastrophe" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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