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In hearing, one safely securing capital (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ankara

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

'in hearing one safely' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'one' could be 'an' (an apple is one apple) and 'an' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'kara' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'securing' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for ankara that I've seen before include "Capital established by Ataturk" , "Turkish city" , "European capital" , "Turkish capital" , "Capital of Turkey" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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