Sausage left in the city (9)

I believe the answer is:

devonport

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'the city' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I can't see?

'sausage left' is the wordplay.
'sausage' becomes 'devon' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'left' becomes 'port' (left side of a ship - opposite of starboard).
'devon'+'port'='DEVONPORT'

'in' acts as a link.

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(Another definition for devonport that I've seen is " Royal Navy base in the south-west".)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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