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Japanese city backing an artist (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

nagoya

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

'backing an artist' is the wordplay.
'backing' is a reversal indicator.
'artist' becomes 'goya' (Francisco Goya).
'an' back-to-front is 'na'.
'na'+'goya'='NAGOYA'

(Other definitions for nagoya that I've seen before include "Eastern city" , "City in central Japan" , "central Japanese city" , "Asian city" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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