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French city where granny put up? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

nantes

'french city' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'granny put up?' is the wordplay.
'granny' becomes 'nan'.
'put' becomes 'set' (setting is a kind of putting).
'up?' says the letters should be written in reverse (in down clue: letters go upwards).
'set' back-to-front is 'tes'.
'nan'+'tes'='NANTES'

'where' is the link.

(Other definitions for nantes that I've seen before include "City on the Loire, associated with 1598 edict ending the French Wars of Religion" , "City and port of W. France on the Loire" , "Loire city; its tolerant Edict" , "Western French port" , "Loire port; an old Edict" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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