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Reportedly get hold of father’s capital (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

baghdad

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'capital' is the definition.
(capital of Iraq)

'reportedly get hold of father's' is the wordplay.
'reportedly' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
'get' becomes 'be' ('get' can mean 'come to be').
'hold of' becomes 'agh' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'father' becomes 'dad' (informal term for father).
'be' is a homophone of 'b'.
'b'+'agh'+'dad'='BAGHDAD'

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(Other definitions for baghdad that I've seen before include "capital abroad" , "Capital of Iraq" , "Iraqi capital" , "city abroad" .)

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