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People sailing to American or Mediterranean city (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tarsus

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'mediterranean city' is the definition.
'tarsus' can be an answer for 'city' (I have seen 'biblical city' mean 'tarsus' so perhaps 'city' could also mean 'tarsus'). I am not certain of the 'mediterranean' bit.

'people sailing to american' is the wordplay.
'people sailing' becomes 'tars' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'to american' becomes 'US' (abbreviation for United States).
'tars'+'us'='TARSUS'

'or' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for tarsus that I've seen before include "Bone" , "City of which St Paul was a native" , "Bones of the ankle and heel" , "Birthplace of St Paul" , "biblical city" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sunday Times and The Times.
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