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Former Salisbury hotel area, excellent (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

harare

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'former salisbury' is the definition.
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'hotel area excellent' is the wordplay.
'hotel' becomes 'h' (phonetic alphabet).
'area' becomes 'a' (maths abbreviation).
'excellent' becomes 'rare' (I've seen this before).
'h'+'a'+'rare'='HARARE'

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(Other definitions for harare that I've seen before include "Capital of Zimbabwe" , "City in Zimbabwe" , "African capital" , "Zimbabwean capital" , "Zimbabwe's capital" .)

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