Some pharmaceutical town in NY (5)
I believe the answer is:
utica
'ny' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I can't see?
'some pharmaceutical town' is the wordplay.
'some' indicates the answer is hidden within the clue (some parts of the word are used).
'UTICA' is hidden within 'pharmaceutical town'.
'in' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for utica that I've seen before include "old African city" , "Punic city" , "city of ancient Africa?" , "New York city" .)