Music fan visiting outskirts of city in China? (8)
I believe the answer is:
crockery
'china?' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'music fan visiting outskirts of city' is the wordplay.
'music fan' becomes 'rocker' (fan of rock music).
'visiting' indicates putting letters inside.
'outskirts of' means to remove the middle letters (only letters on the outskirts).
'city' with its middle removed is 'cy'.
'rocker' inserted inside 'cy' is 'CROCKERY'.
'in' is the link.
(Other definitions for crockery that I've seen before include "Dishware" , "Collection of pots" , "Cups, saucers, etc" , "Earthenware vessels" , "Chinaware" .)