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Nuts about one city (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tunis

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'city' is the definition.
(Tunis is an example)

'nuts about one' is the wordplay.
'nuts' becomes 'tuns' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'about' is an insertion indicator.
'one' becomes 'I' (Roman numeral).
'tuns' enclosing 'i' is 'TUNIS'.

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(Other definitions for tunis that I've seen before include "Carthage lies near this N. African city" , "Capital of a republic in north Africa" , "North African city" , "I stun (anag) - port and capital" , "North African location" .)

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