Disaster for a Los Angeles maiden in New York perhaps (8)
I believe the answer is:
calamity
'disaster' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'a los angeles maiden in new york perhaps' is the wordplay.
'los angeles' becomes 'la'.
'maiden' becomes 'm' (cricket abbreviation).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'new york perhaps' becomes 'city' (new york is a kind of city).
'a'+'la'+'m'='alam'
'alam' going inside 'city' is 'CALAMITY'.
'for' is the link.
(Other definitions for calamity that I've seen before include "Disaster, extreme misfortune" , "distress" , "Blow" , "Event resulting in great loss and misfortune" , "Tragedy" .)