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He and I are joined by odd links, making capital (8)

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I believe the answer is:

helsinki

'capital' is the definition.
(capital of Finland)

'he and i are joined by odd links' is the wordplay.
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'are joined by' is an insertion indicator (inserted letters join the word).
'odd' indicates anagramming the letters.
'he'+'i'='hei'
'links' anagrammed gives 'lsink'.
'hei' placed around 'lsink' is 'HELSINKI'.

'making' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for helsinki that I've seen before include "1952 Olympic Games venue" , "Finland's capital" , "port" , "Sikh line (anag)" , "Nordic capital" .)

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