Concerns Will and sweetheart from New York (6)
I believe the answer is:
estate
'new york' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't understand how they can define each other.
'concerns will and sweetheart from' is the wordplay.
'concerns will' becomes 'stat' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'sweetheart' becomes 'e' (the heart/centre of 'sweet').
'from' becomes 'e' (I've seen this in other clues).
'stat' after 'e' is 'estat'.
'estat'+'e'='ESTATE'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for estate that I've seen before include "What you leave when you die" , "Country property" , "All of one's assets after death" , "The whole of a deceased person's assets" , "Total possessions" .)