The Granite City (8)
I believe the answer is:
aberdeen
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">the granite city</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for aberdeen that I've seen before include "Bare need to be in Scottish city, oddly" , "Scottish East coast city" , "Scottish port" , "area of Scotland" , "Scottish E. coast city" .)