Magistrate cheer new Sullivan Kids starts in Russian city on the Dnieper (8)
I believe the answer is:
smolensk
'russian city on the dnieper' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'magistrate cheer new sullivan kids starts' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'cheer' could be 'ole' (I've seen this in another clue) and 'ole' is found within the answer.
'new' could be 'n' (common abbreviation eg NT for New Testament) and 'n' is found within the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'in' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for smolensk that I've seen is " Russian city on the Dneiper".)