Crossword Genius

Articles on poles in capital city (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

athens

'capital city' is the definition.
(capital of Greece)

'articles on poles' is the wordplay.
'articles' becomes 'a the' ('a' and 'the', indefinite and definite articles).
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (in a down clue, letters appear on others).
'poles' becomes 'NS' (North and South poles).
'athe'+'ns'='ATHENS'

'in' is the link.

(Other definitions for athens that I've seen before include "European capital city" , "Hen sat down in the city" , "Greek capital" , "foreign city" , "Hasten to European capital" .)

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