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Outstanding bread in California (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

capital

'outstanding' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'bread in california' is the wordplay.
'bread' becomes 'pita' (pita is a kind of bread**).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'california' becomes 'cal'.
'pita' going within 'cal' is 'CAPITAL'.

(Other definitions for capital that I've seen before include "city such as London" , "Kabul or Harare?" , "Big money?" , "Upper case city" , "Metropolis" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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