Satirist from US city poor men abandoned (9)
I believe the answer is:
lampooner
'satirist' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'us city poor men abandoned' is the wordplay.
'us city' becomes 'LA' (short for Los Angeles).
'abandoned' indicates an anagram (the original order is abandoned).
'poor'+'men'='poormen'
'poormen' with letters rearranged gives 'mpooner'.
'la'+'mpooner'='LAMPOONER'
'from' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for lampooner that I've seen before include "Satirist" , "Paler moon for one who indulges in personal satire" , "One setting off squib" , "One given to ridicule" , "Parodist" .)