Stupid jokes about top project in Macedonia City (6)

I believe the answer is:

skopje

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'macedonia city' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'stupid jokes about top project' is the wordplay.
'stupid' indicates an anagram (in a stupid order).
'about' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'top' suggests taking the first letters.
The initial letter of 'project' is 'p'.
'jokes' with letters rearranged gives 'skoje'.
'skoje' enclosing 'p' is 'SKOPJE'.

'in' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for skopje that I've seen before include "Capital of FYR Macedonia" , "somewhere in Balkans" , "foreign capital" , "Macedonian capital, joke PS (anag.)" , "capital city" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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