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King ordered a chair from city (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

karachi

'city' is the definition.
(I have seen 'Pakistani city' mean 'karachi' so perhaps 'city' could also mean 'karachi')

'king ordered a chair' is the wordplay.
'king' becomes 'K' (abbreviation for king in chess).
'ordered' indicates anagramming the letters.
'a'+'chair'='achair'
'achair' is an anagram of 'arachi'.
'k'+'arachi'='KARACHI'

'from' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for karachi that I've seen before include "Pakistan's first capital" , "City/port of Pakistan" , "Asian city" , "Pakistani metropolis" , "Major city of Pakistan" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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