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Ready with article about Indian city (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

patna

'indian city' is the definition.
(Patna is an Indian city)

'ready with article about' is the wordplay.
'ready' becomes 'pat' (I've seen this in another clue).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'article' becomes 'an' (indefinite article).
'about' says the letters should be written backwards.
'an' written backwards gives 'na'.
'pat'+'na'='PATNA'

(Other definitions for patna that I've seen before include "City of savoury rice" , "Long-grained rice type" , "Source of long-grain rice" , "Variety of long-grain rice" , "Rice town" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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