Priest protected by Hummer in US city (9)
I believe the answer is:
kalamazoo
'us city' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'priest protected by hummer' is the wordplay.
'priest' becomes 'lama' (lama is a kind of priest).
'protected by' indicates putting letters inside (inserted letters are held or protected).
'hummer' becomes 'kazoo' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'lama' going within 'kazoo' is 'KALAMAZOO'.
'in' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for kalamazoo that I've seen before include "US city" , "Michigan city" , "I've got a gal in - (Glenn Miller)" .)