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Washington? European capital for great song writer? (6,6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

irving berlin

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'great song writer?' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot judge whether it can be defined by this definition.

'washington? european capital' is the wordplay.
'washington?' becomes 'Irving' (Washington Irving).
'european capital' becomes 'berlin' (capital of Germany).
'irving'+'berlin'='IRVING BERLIN'

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(Other definitions for irving berlin that I've seen before include "Composer" , "originator of White Christmas" , "songwriter" .)

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