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Drug behind endless corruption in city (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

edinburgh

'city' is the definition.
(Edinburgh is an example)

'drug behind endless corruption' is the wordplay.
'endless' means to remove the last letter.
'corruption' indicates an anagram.
'drug'+'behind'='drugbehind'
'drugbehind' with its last letter taken away is 'drugbehin'.
'drugbehin' with letters rearranged gives 'EDINBURGH'.

'in' is the link.

(Other definitions for edinburgh that I've seen before include "fringe city" , "Scotland's capital" , "Capital city of Scotland" , "City on the Firth of Forth" , "Lothian city" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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