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European
city
recovering
from
disappointment,
investing
not
as
much
(10)
European city recovering from disappointment, investing not as much (10)
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The definition is at the beginning of the clue.
How the clue works
The European city is built up and then flipped round, signalled by "recovering". Take FRO (from), DUD (disappointment) with LESS (not as much) investing inside it, giving FRO-DUD-with-LESS, i.e. FRODLESSUD, then reverse the whole lot to land on DUSSELDORF.