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Hover in quiet road in Oriental city (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

shanghai

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'oriental city' is the definition.
'Shanghai' can be an answer for 'city' (Shanghai is an example). I'm not certain of the 'oriental' bit.

'hover in quiet road' is the wordplay.
'hover' becomes 'hang' (I've seen this in another clue).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'quiet' becomes 'sh' (both can be said to tell someone to be quiet).
'road' becomes 'ai' (I've seen this in other clues).
'hang' put inside 'sh' is 'shangh'.
'shangh'+'ai'='SHANGHAI'

'in' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for shanghai that I've seen before include "Dragoon" , "Kidnap sailors" , "How to impress a sailor" , "Large Chinese city" , "Press men at one time" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun and The Times.
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