Recently appointed officer outside, shows inclination for American city (10)

I believe the answer is:

neworleans

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'inclination for american city' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot tell whether it can be defined by this definition.

'recently appointed officer outside' is the wordplay.
'recently' becomes 'new' (synonyms).
'appointed officer outside' becomes 'orleans' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'new'+'orleans'='NEWORLEANS'

'shows' is the link.

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