Friendly guy supporting Jamie after dropping clothes (8)
I believe the answer is:
amicable
'friendly' is the definition.
(associated in meaning)
'guy supporting jamie after dropping clothes' is the wordplay.
'guy' becomes 'cable' (I've seen this in other clues).
'supporting' means one lot of letters go next to another (in a down clue, some letters go below others).
'after dropping clothes' says to take the centre (the letters which clothe the word are removed).
The middle of 'jamie' is 'ami'.
'cable' after 'ami' is 'AMICABLE'.
(Other definitions for amicable that I've seen before include "Of friendly and affable disposition" , "sweet?" , "Male cab I change to, just to be friendly" , "In friendly spirit" , "Friendly, nonthreatening" .)