North-east friend with directions from Kathmandu? (8)
I believe the answer is:
nepalese
'from kathmandu?' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'north-east friend with directions' is the wordplay.
'north east' becomes 'ne'.
'friend with' becomes 'pale' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'directions' becomes 'se' (I've seen this in other clues).
'ne'+'pale'+'se'='NEPALESE'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for nepalese that I've seen before include "High-up person perhaps" , "Asian" , "from Asia" , "Gurkhas" , "Highlander" .)