A bar's laid out for Middle Eastern inhabitants (5)
I believe the answer is:
arabs
'middle eastern inhabitants' is the definition.
'a bar's laid out' is the wordplay.
'laid out' is an anagram indicator.
'bars' with letters rearranged gives 'rabs'.
'a'+'rabs'='ARABS'
'for' is the link.
(Other definitions for arabs that I've seen before include "Semites" , "eg Saudis" , "They live mainly in the Middle East and North Africa" , "Semitic people of the Middle East and North Africa" , "Fine horses" .)