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The Leninist managed to capture city and country (13)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

liechtenstein

'country' is the definition.
(Liechtenstein is an example)

'the leninist managed to capture city' is the wordplay.
'managed' indicates an anagram.
'to capture' is an insertion indicator.
'city' becomes 'ec' (the City of London postcode).
'the'+'leninist'='theleninist'
'theleninist' is an anagram of 'lihtenstein'.
'lihtenstein' placed around 'ec' is 'LIECHTENSTEIN'.

'and' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for liechtenstein that I've seen before include "Land" , "Principality between Austria and Switzerland" , "European principality, capital Vaduz" , "Landlocked Alpine principality, capital Vaduz" , "Principality of central Europe" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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