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Element in US city manhunt resolved (9)

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I believe the answer is:

lanthanum

'element' is the definition.
(lanthanum is a kind of element)

'us city manhunt resolved' is the wordplay.
'us city' becomes 'la'.
'resolved' is an anagram indicator.
'manhunt' with letters rearranged gives 'nthanum'.
'la'+'nthanum'='LANTHANUM'

'in' acts as a link.

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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