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Shoot a trouble-maker in European city (8)

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I believe the answer is:

budapest

'european city' is the definition.
(capital of Hungary)

'shoot a troublemaker' is the wordplay.
'shoot' becomes 'bud' (I've seen this in another clue).
'troublemaker' becomes 'pest'.
'bud'+'a'+'pest'='BUDAPEST'

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for budapest that I've seen before include "Put beads in the city on the Danube" , "Put beads in the European city" , "Capital of Hungary" , "capital location" , "Hungarian capital" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun and The Telegraph.
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