Store where you can get new hats at central Ruislip (5)
I believe the answer is:
stash
'store' is the definition.
(I know that stash is a type of store)
'new hats at central ruislip' is the wordplay.
'new' indicates an anagram.
'at' says to put letters next to each other (I've seen this in other clues).
'central' indicates the central letters.
The central letter of 'ruislip' is 's'.
'hats' with letters rearranged gives 'tash'.
'tash' put after 's' is 'STASH'.
'where you can get' acts as a link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may belong to another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for stash that I've seen before include "Hide (something) away" , "(Hidden store of) drugs" , "Cache" , "Hide in a secret place" , "Secret hoard" .)