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More pilots flying in London, for instance (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

metropolis

'london for instance' is the definition.
(I know that London is a metropolis)

'more pilots flying' is the wordplay.
'flying' is an anagram indicator (letters fly around into new positions).
'more'+'pilots'='morepilots'
'morepilots' with letters rearranged gives 'METROPOLIS'.

'in' is the link.

(Other definitions for metropolis that I've seen before include "Very large city" , "Urban centre" , "capital" , "Big city" , "Expressionist movie" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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