Popular female singer receiving help in Australian city (8)
I believe the answer is:
adelaide
'australian city' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'popular female singer receiving help' is the wordplay.
'popular female singer' becomes 'adele' (I've seen this before).
'receiving' is an insertion indicator.
'help' becomes 'aid' (synonyms).
'adele' going around 'aid' is 'ADELAIDE'.
'in' is the link.
(Other definitions for adelaide that I've seen before include "where there was recently a test" , "somewhere in Australia" , "old consort" , "State capital of South Australia" , "Woman" .)