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Mum's taken for a ride, we hear, in Dutch city (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

maastricht

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'dutch city' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'mum's taken for a ride we hear' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'a' is found in the answer.
'mum's' could be 'mas' (both can mean mother) and 'mas' is located in the leftover letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'in' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for maastricht that I've seen before include "somewhere in Europe" , "European city" , "Dutch city, treaty" , "Nineteen-hundred and ninety-one EU treaty city" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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