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Place two articles with only a short distance between (5)

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I believe the answer is:

amman

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'place two articles with only' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'a short distance between' is the wordplay.
'short distance' becomes 'mm' (abbreviation for millimetre).
'between' becomes 'an' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'a'+'mm'+'an'='AMMAN'

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(Other definitions for amman that I've seen before include "Jordanian capital" , "Jordanian city" , "Middle East capital" , "City of Jordan" , "A capital f-fellow in Jordan?" .)

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