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Small, ancient city, authentic and bizarre (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

surreal

'bizarre' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'small ancient city authentic' is the wordplay.
'small' becomes 's' (abbreviation - e.g. clothes size).
'ancient city' becomes 'ur' (ancient Sumerian city state).
'authentic' becomes 'real' (I've seen this before).
's'+'ur'+'real'='SURREAL'

'and' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for surreal that I've seen before include "Dreamlike - Dali-like" , "Not of this world" , "Dali being so?" , "Bizarre, fantastic" , "Weird; dreamlike" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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