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Shoot an annoying person in a European capital (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

budapest

'a european capital' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'shoot an annoying person' is the wordplay.
'shoot' becomes 'bud' (I've seen this before).
'an' becomes 'a'.
'annoying person' becomes 'pest' (I've seen this before).
'bud'+'a'+'pest'='BUDAPEST'

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for budapest that I've seen before include "Ernest Laszlo's birthplace" , "capital location" , "Capital city on the Danube" , "Put beads in the European city" , "European capital" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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