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Leaders sacked in bent city body (6)

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entity

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(Other definitions for entity that I've seen before include "Something with independent existence" , "Anything that exists" , "A thing with distinct and independent existence" , "Individual being" , "Something existing in its own right" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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