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No good wheedling about capital (3,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

new delhi

'capital' is the definition.
(New Delhi is an example)

'no good wheedling about' is the wordplay.
'no' indicates named letters should be taken away.
'good' becomes 'g' (abbreviation).
'about' is an anagram indicator.
'wheedling' with 'g' taken out is 'wheedlin'.
'wheedlin' with letters rearranged gives 'NEW DELHI'.

(Other definitions for new delhi that I've seen before include "... and India's present capital" , "It's novel in India" , "big city" , "Strangely, end while in India" , "End while in India, oddly" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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