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Somehow riles man around city (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

marseille

'city' is the definition.
(I know that Marseille is a city)

'somehow riles man around' is the wordplay.
'somehow' indicates an anagram.
'man' becomes 'male' ().
'around' indicates putting letters inside.
'riles' with letters rearranged gives 'rseil'.
'rseil' going within 'male' is 'MARSEILLE'.

(Other definitions for marseille that I've seen before include "Port city of France" , "fabric" , "Major seaport of Southern France" , "French port" , "French city" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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