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Imitate city house (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

echo

'imitate' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'city house' is the wordplay.
'city' becomes 'ec' (the City of London postcode).
'house' becomes 'ho' (abbreviation for house).
'ec'+'ho'='ECHO'

(Other definitions for echo that I've seen before include "Mythical nymph" , "Imitate -- a nymph" , "Be suggestive of" , "Rebounding sound" , "one catches on the rebound?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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