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Midnight odyssey starts on boat in capital (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

moscow

'capital' is the definition.
(capital of Russia)

'midnight odyssey starts on boat' is the wordplay.
'starts on' indicates taking the first letters.
'boat' becomes 'scow' (scow is a kind of boat).
The initial letters of 'midnight odyssey' is 'mo'.
'mo'+'scow'='MOSCOW'

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for moscow that I've seen before include "Capital of Russia" , "Russian capital" , "Kremlin location" , "Olympic city, 1980" , "capital city" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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