Store opening recalled by the writer in city (10)
I believe the answer is:
metropolis
'city' is the definition.
(I know that city can be written as metropolis)
'store opening recalled by the writer' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'the' could be 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects) and 't' is found in the answer.
'writer' could be 'me' (the person who wrote the clues) and 'me' is located in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'in' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for metropolis that I've seen before include "Expressionist movie" , "Chief city" , "London, say" , "chief centre" , "centre of activity" .)