One rowing with Yankee somewhere near kitchen (8)
I believe the answer is:
scullery
'somewhere near kitchen' is the definition.
(room near a kitchen)
'one rowing with yankee' is the wordplay.
'one rowing' becomes 'sculler' (I've seen this before).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'yankee' becomes 'Y' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'sculler'+'y'='SCULLERY'
(Other definitions for scullery that I've seen before include "Back kitchen" , "Where dishwasher went" , "Washing-up room" , "Room for preparatory kitchen work, washing up etc" , "Small room next to the kitchen" .)