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Male embraced by a male? Capital! (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

amman

'capital' is the definition.
(Amman is an example)

'male embraced by a male?' is the wordplay.
'male' becomes 'm' (common abbreviation).
'embraced by' indicates putting letters inside.
'male?' becomes 'man' (man is a kind of male**).
'a'+'man'='aman'
'm' inserted within 'aman' is 'AMMAN'.

(Other definitions for amman that I've seen before include "Asian capital" , "Jordan's capital" , "Middle East capital" , "Jordanian capital" , "A capital f-fellow in Jordan?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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