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Lead wayward assistant to city (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

adelaide

'city' is the definition.
(Adelaide is an example)

'lead wayward assistant' is the wordplay.
'wayward' indicates anagramming the letters.
'assistant' becomes 'aide' (aide is a kind of assistant).
'lead' with letters rearranged gives 'adel'.
'adel'+'aide'='ADELAIDE'

'to' is the link.

(Other definitions for adelaide that I've seen before include "Woman" , "cook turkey on the barbie here?" , "Lead aide to Oz" , "where there was recently a test" , "Australian capital" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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