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Laurel found in outskirts of Armenia's capital (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

astana

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

'laurel found in outskirts of armenia's' is the wordplay.
'laurel' becomes 'stan' (comedian Stan Laurel is an example).
'found in' indicates putting letters inside.
'outskirts of' means to remove the middle letters (only letters on the outskirts).
'armenia' with its centre taken out is 'aa'.
'stan' put within 'aa' is 'ASTANA'.

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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