Felt awkward joining financial outfit in area of Paris (4,4)
I believe the answer is:
left bank
'area of paris' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'felt awkward joining financial outfit' is the wordplay.
'awkward' indicates anagramming the letters.
'joining' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'financial outfit' becomes 'bank' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'felt' with letters rearranged gives 'left'.
'left'+'bank'='LEFT-BANK'
'in' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for left bank that I've seen before include "Artistic region of Paris" , "area of Paris" , "Parisian artistic quarter" , "part of Paris" , "Pushed the boat out" .)