Stars with capital getting lawyer from New York (9)
I believe the answer is:
andromeda
'stars' is the definition.
(Andromeda is a constellation)
'with capital getting lawyer from new york' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'with' could be 'and' and 'and' is present in the answer.
'capital' could be 'rome' (capital of Italy) and 'rome' is found in the answer.
'lawyer' could be 'da' (district attorney) and 'da' is found in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for andromeda that I've seen before include "Constellation; daughter of Cassiopeia" , "shrub" , "Constellation; bog rosemary" , "Large northern constellation between Perseus and Pegasus" , "Legendary beauty" .)