Year in Moroccan home close to Marrakech city (6)

I believe the answer is:

riyadh

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'city' is the definition.
(capital of Saudi Arabia)

'year in moroccan home close to marrakech' is the wordplay.
'year' becomes 'y'.
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'moroccan home' becomes 'riad' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'close to' says to take the final letters (the close of something is the end).
The final letter of 'marrakech' is 'h'.
'y' put within 'riad' is 'riyad'.
'riyad'+'h'='RIYADH'

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(Other definitions for riyadh that I've seen before include "Capital city of Saudi Arabia" , "Arab capital" , "Saudi Arabia's largest city" , "Middle Eastern venue" , "Middle Eastern capital" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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