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Reply about work in Romanian capital in the correct manner (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

properly

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'reply about work in romanian capital in the correct manner' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'reply about work in romanian capital in the' is the wordplay.
'about' is an anagram indicator.
'work' becomes 'op' (abbreviation for opus).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'capital' says to take the initial letters.
'in the' is an insertion indicator.
The first letter of 'romanian' is 'r'.
'reply' is an anagram of 'prely'.
'prely' going around 'op' is 'propely'.
'propely' enclosing 'r' is 'PROPERLY'.

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(Other definitions for properly that I've seen before include "in a suitable manner" , "Suitably, correctly" , "Rightly" , "in appropriate fashion" , "In the right manner" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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