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No contest! Plain stupid old city (14)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

constantinople

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

'no contest plain stupid' is the wordplay.
'stupid' indicates anagramming the letters (in a stupid order).
'no'+'contest'+'plain'='nocontestplain'
'nocontestplain' is an anagram of 'CONSTANTINOPLE'.

(Other definitions for constantinople that I've seen before include "Istanbul formerly" , "place that changed its name" , "seat for emperor" , "Old name of Istanbul" , "Former name of Istanbul" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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