Pope forms ties to city-dwellers (9)

I believe the answer is:

urbanites

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'city-dwellers' is the definition.
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'pope forms ties' is the wordplay.
'pope' becomes 'urban' (there have been several Pope Urbans).
'forms' indicates anagramming the letters.
'ties' anagrammed gives 'ites'.
'urban'+'ites'='URBANITES'

'to' acts as a link.

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I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.

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