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House in real disorder somewhere in Pakistan (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

lahore

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'somewhere in pakistan' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'house in real disorder' is the wordplay.
'house' becomes 'ho' (abbreviation for house).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'disorder' indicates an anagram (a disordered version of the letters).
'real' with letters rearranged gives 'lare'.
'ho' put into 'lare' is 'LAHORE'.

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(Other definitions for lahore that I've seen before include "Pakistan's second city" , "Capital of Punjab" , "Possible home for Pakistani" , "Or heal the strange Pakistani city" , "Oh, real city of Pakistan" .)

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