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US lawyer uncovered case of youth uprising in state capital (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hyderabad

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'state capital' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are singular nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'us lawyer uncovered case of youth uprising' is the wordplay.
'us lawyer' becomes 'DA' (abbreviation for District Attorney).
'uncovered' becomes 'bared' (baring is a kind of uncovering).
'case of' says to hollow out the word (remove centre letters) (like emptying a case).
'uprising' is a reversal indicator.
'youth' with its middle removed is 'yh'.
'da'+'bared'+'yh'='dabaredyh'
'dabaredyh' reversed gives 'HYDERABAD'.

'in' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for hyderabad that I've seen before include "in India" , "India's 'City of Pearls'" , "Indian city" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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