Youngster making a bit of a name, possibly in Havana? (5)
I believe the answer is:
cuban
'havana?' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'youngster making a bit of a name' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'youngster' could be 'cub' (cub can mean a young person) and 'cub' is found in the answer.
'a' could be 'an' and 'an' is located in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'possibly in' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for cuban that I've seen before include "Caribbean" , "Relating to Castro's isle" , "Like Fidel Castro" , "from island republic" , "sort of heel" .)