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Possibly brought up in public (5)

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civic

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(Other definitions for civic that I've seen before include "Numbers of Romans" , "concerned with town administration" , "This centre of town" , "Relating to a city or town" , "Relating to a town/city" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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