Year in bustling capital not representative (8)
I believe the answer is:
atypical
'not representative' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'year in bustling capital' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'year' could be 'y' and 'y' is found within the answer.
an anagram of 'capital' is 'atpical' which is within the left over letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for atypical that I've seen before include "Not representative or usual" , "'Abnormal, aberrant (8)'" , "Odd" , "Not as expected" , "Deviating from what is usual or common" .)