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Lights bordering Eastern city (5)

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I believe the answer is:

leeds

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'city' is the definition.
(city in England)

'lights bordering eastern' is the wordplay.
'lights' becomes 'leds' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'bordering' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'eastern' becomes 'e'.
'leds' enclosing 'e' is 'LEEDS'.

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(Other definitions for leeds that I've seen before include "22 [FA CUP] runners-up" , "City near Bradford" , "British city and premier division football club" , "West Yorkshire city" , "Yorkshire city - Kent castle" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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