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Urge of significant duration in capital of Greece (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

longing

'urge' is the definition.
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'of significant duration in capital of greece' is the wordplay.
'of significant duration' becomes 'long'.
'capital of' indicates taking the first letters.
The initial letter of 'greece' is 'g'.
'long'+'in'+'g'='LONGING'

(Other definitions for longing that I've seen before include "Deeply felt desire" , "Yearning desire" , "Earnest, heartfelt desire" , "Hunger" , "thirsty" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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