A-Z: Cities with cryptic clues

Can you solve the crossword-style clues and guess what cities they refer to?
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Clue
City
A
Alpha American metal powers
Austin
B
Good Spanish raises assorted capital
Buenos Aires
C
Place where superhero gets their attire?
Cape Town
D
S. Sudan in battle at tricky ford on Rhine
Dusseldorf
E
Mexican cat charges into Estonia with muscle
Ecatepec
F
Priceless city in the land of the lion
Freetown
G
Oddly gray zeal for Middle Eastern conflict zone
Gaza
H
Chuckle at uncommon place
Harare
I
One malicious ant with no tail
Ibadan
J
Day of sauce in a day in France
Jodhpur
K
First killing in eastern violence capital
Kiev
L
Goals in the past, in the fifties
Lagos
M
Wine from desert location
Muscat
N
South American place of birth
Natal
O
In Spain he heard of Nigerian city, going back and forth
Oyo
P
Back up and be the French place
Puebla
Q
Give up nothing of high capital
Quito
R
Explorer in bicycle race in America
Raleigh
S
Before comes after, following saint's confusion
Santiago
T
Thanks - I get Chinese money
Taiyuan
U
Learner in major country in the north
Ulsan
V
Velocity of river next to strange zone and small house, in W. Russia
Voronezh
W
Likeable bear gains momentum and force in N. America
Winnipeg
X
Leader of New York gains a tiny amount of weight
Xinyang
Y
Initially yes, unrestricted economy yields a net gain
Yueyang
Z
Weird quiz loses you - just laugh; there's nothing, no gravity puzzle here
Zhaoqing
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