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Male with a plan outside a city (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

anaheim

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'a city' is the definition.
(I have seen 'Californian city' mean 'anaheim' so perhaps 'city' could also mean 'anaheim')

'male with a plan outside' is the wordplay.
'male with' becomes 'he' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'a' becomes 'an'.
'plan' becomes 'aim' (aiming is a kind of planning).
'outside' is an insertion indicator.
'an'+'aim'='anaim'
'he' put inside 'anaim' is 'ANAHEIM'.

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(Other definitions for anaheim that I've seen before include "Californian city" , "Disneyland's home" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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