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Where Banco Real goes bust? (9)

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I believe the answer is:

barcelona

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'where banco real goes bust?' is the definition.
The answer is a location as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.

'where banco real' is the wordplay.
'where' indicates anagramming the letters (I've seen this in other clues).
'banco'+'real'='bancoreal'
'bancoreal' with letters rearranged gives 'BARCELONA'.

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(Other definitions for barcelona that I've seen before include "Spain's second largest city" , "Largest Spanish port" , "Span. City" , "Chief port of Spain" , "Major city in NE Spain" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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