Shelter Yankee in a poor part of Harlem? (6)
I believe the answer is:
asylum
'shelter' is the definition.
(asylum is a kind of shelter)
'yankee in a poor part of harlem?' is the wordplay.
'yankee' becomes 'y' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'poor part of harlem?' becomes 'slum' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'a'+'slum'='aslum'
'y' going into 'aslum' is 'ASYLUM'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for asylum that I've seen before include "Safe place of refuge" , "Place of shelter or refuge" , "Place of safety or protection" , "Shelter given to refugee" , "Refugee's protection" .)