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Some stars in Cannes, at The City on the Baltic (6)

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I believe the answer is:

auriga

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

'at the city on the baltic' is the wordplay.
'at' says to put letters next to each other.
'the city' becomes 'riga' (Riga is an example).
'on the baltic' becomes 'au' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'riga' after 'au' is 'AURIGA'.

'in cannes' acts as a link.
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(Another definition for auriga that I've seen is " A group of stars".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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