Hapless hipster is ignored in place on the Swan River (5)
I believe the answer is:
perth
'place on the swan river' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both locations as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'hapless hipster is ignored' is the wordplay.
'hapless' is an anagram indicator.
'ignored' is a deletion indicator.
'hipster' with 'is' taken out is 'hpter'.
'hpter' is an anagram of 'PERTH'.
'in' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for perth that I've seen before include "Home of fair maid" , "Town at the head of the Tay estuary" , "Capital of Western Australia" , "Australian state capital" , "Period (of effort)" .)