Writer going to New York for not much money (5)
I believe the answer is:
penny
'not much money' is the definition.
'penny' can be an answer for 'money'. I'm not sure about the 'not much' bit.
'writer going to new york' is the wordplay.
'writer' becomes 'pen' (something which writes).
'going to' says to put letters next to each other.
'new york' becomes 'ny'.
'pen'+'ny'='PENNY'
'for' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for penny that I've seen before include "Denarius" , "Small unit of currency" , "Smallest UK coin" , "British coin" , "Coin spent by the desperate?" .)