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Left in the ladies' quarters, somewhere in New York (6)

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I believe the answer is:

harlem

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'in new york' is the definition.
('Harlem' is part of 'new york')

'left in the ladies' quarters somewhere' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'left' could be 'l' (common abbreviation) and 'l' is found in the answer.
'quarters' could be 'harem' (harem is a kind of quarters) and 'harem' is found within the remaining letters.
No letters remain.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for harlem that I've seen before include "'District of Manhattan, noted for jazz clubs (6)'" , "Father (French)" , "NY community" , "some of the Big Apple" , "Part of New York City" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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