Famous neighbourhood joint accepts relief regularly (6)
I believe the answer is:
harlem
'famous neighbourhood' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both locations as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?
'joint accepts relief regularly' is the wordplay.
'joint' becomes 'ham' (ham is a joint of meat).
'accepts' is an insertion indicator.
'regularly' indicates alternate letters (regularly take one letter, leave next etc.).
The alternating letters of 'relief' are 'rle'.
'ham' placed around 'rle' is 'HARLEM'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for harlem that I've seen before include "Father (French)" , "New York neighbourhood" , "District of New York" , "NY community" , "Area of New York city" .)