Hunting dog mostly misjudged in island capital (10)
I believe the answer is:
basseterre
'island capital' is the definition.
'Basseterre' can be an answer for 'capital' (capital of Saint Kitts and Nevis). I'm not sure about the 'island' bit.
'hunting dog mostly misjudged' is the wordplay.
'hunting dog' becomes 'basset' (basset is a kind of hunting dog).
'mostly' means to remove the last letter (most but not all of the word).
'misjudged' becomes 'erred' (I've seen this in another clue).
'erred' with its final letter taken away is 'erre'.
'basset'+'erre'='BASSETERRE'
'in' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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