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He wrote tunes to provide capital (6)

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berlin

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

'he wrote tunes' is the wordplay.
'he' becomes 'Ber'.
'wrote tunes' becomes 'lin' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'ber'+'lin'='BERLIN'

'to provide' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for berlin that I've seen before include "Capital of Germany" , "Composer of White Christmas" , "Irving -, Russian-born musical composer" , "Isaiah, say?" , "City once divided by wall" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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