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It left a chap cold coming to a Spanish city (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

salamanca

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'spanish city' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'it left a chap cold coming to a' is the wordplay.
'it' becomes 'sa' (SA can mean sex appeal, as in 'it').
'left' becomes 'l' (common abbreviation).
'chap cold coming' becomes 'manc' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'to' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'sa'+'l'+'a'+'manc'+'a'='SALAMANCA'

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(Other definitions for salamanca that I've seen before include "City of western Spain" , "Spanish city" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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