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Old wife avoids dispute over property in American city (7)

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I believe the answer is:

orlando

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

'old wife avoids dispute over property in american' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'old' could be 'o' (common abbreviation eg in OE for Old English) and 'o' is located in the answer.
'over' could be 'o' (cricket abbreviation) and 'o' is found in the answer.
'property' could be 'r' (r is a kind of property) and 'r' is located in the answer.
'american' could be 'a' (common abbreviation - e.g. in organisation names) and 'a' is found within the answer.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for orlando that I've seen before include "City in Florida - site of Disney World" , "US city" , "2016 Invictus Games city - Virginia Woolf novel" , "Shakespeare hero - book by Virginia Woolf" , "somewhere in Florida" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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