A friend from New York and most of the outfit from sheikhdom (3,5)
I believe the answer is:
abu dhabi
'sheikhdom' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'a friend from new york and most of the outfit' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'a' is present in the answer.
'friend' could be 'bud' (shortly for buddy) and 'bud' is found within the answer.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).
'from' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for abu dhabi that I've seen before include "Largest member state of the UAE, and its capital" , "M East country" , "foreign land" , "Arab state" , "'UAE capital (3,5)'" .)