What is paid for maintenance of luxury car in a large city (7)
I believe the answer is:
alimony
'what is paid for maintenance' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.
'luxury car in a large city' is the wordplay.
'luxury car' becomes 'limo' (I've seen this before).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'large city' becomes 'ny' (short for New York. I am not sure about the 'large' bit.).
'a'+'ny'='any'
'limo' placed into 'any' is 'ALIMONY'.
'of' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for alimony that I've seen before include "Allowance paid to divorced person" , "Payment to divorcee" , "divorce arrangement" , "Support paid by one spouse to another" , "Money paid under court order to divorced wife" .)