King needs a wash, mum reflected in capital (7)
I believe the answer is:
kampala
'capital' is the definition.
(capital of Uganda)
'king needs a wash mum reflected' is the wordplay.
'king' becomes 'K' (abbreviation for king in chess).
'needs a wash' becomes 'alap' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'mum' becomes 'ma' (ma can mean mother).
'reflected' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'alap'+'ma'='alapma'
'alapma' in reverse letter order is 'ampala'.
'k'+'ampala'='KAMPALA'
'in' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for kampala that I've seen before include "in East Africa" , "Uganda's capital" , "Capital of Uganda" , "Ugandan capital" , "Ugandan city" .)