Youth leader took out foreign capital (5)

I believe the answer is:

tokyo

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'foreign capital' is the definition.
'Tokyo' can be an answer for 'capital' (capital of Japan). I am not certain of the 'foreign' bit.

'youth leader took out' is the wordplay.
'youth leader' becomes 'y' (I've seen this in other clues).
'out' indicates anagramming the letters (out can mean wrong or inaccurate).
'y'+'took'='ytook'
'ytook' with letters rearranged gives 'TOKYO'.

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(Other definitions for tokyo that I've seen before include "This covers an Asian city" , "Capital of Japan" , "Large Japanese city" , "Kyoto (anag)" , "Asian capital" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.

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