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Can anyone work out these cryptic capital cities

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1. is this one wonderful? (10)

2. confused mole (4)

3. Mr Wormold is this (6)

4.Find a fabric with inwoven metallic threads, mix and add an accent (4)

5. Take a short journey before mixing the oil (7)

6. Would Tony take his ship here (4,5)

Thanks for any help

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  1. 2. Lomé

    4. Lamé but surely that's just a variation of 2.


  2. Copenhagen

    Belfast

    Tokyo

    Melbourne

    Rome

    Bombay


  3. 1.   Copenhagen ))) Capital of Denmark

    Question mark(?) + one = 'Wonderful, Wonderful Copenhagen,' (song title from the 1952 film Hans Christian Andersen).

    2. Lomé  )))  Capital of Togo, Gulf of Guinea

    confused = anagram 'mole'

    3.   Havana ))) Capital of Cuba



    'Our Man in Havana', Graham Greene book title

    4.  Male ))) Island  Capital of Maldives  

    Find, mix = anagram  'lamé' (def.) fabric

    5.  Tripoli ))) Capital of Libya

    Take a short journey = trip + oli (mixing anagram 'oil')

    6.  Ross Island, once the capital of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, under British rule, it was moved to Port Blair after a 1940's earthquake.

    Tony (Blair) former British prime minister

    ship = 'ss' letters bits and pieces


  4. 1 Copenhagen (song title)

    2 Melo

    3 Havana????

    4 Malé (lame)

    5 Tripoli

    6 Port Blair

  5. No 2 is lome - capital of Tonga

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