Stories about a hard place in our neighbourhood (6)
I believe the answer is:
lahore
'place in our neighbourhood' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.
'stories about a hard' is the wordplay.
'stories' becomes 'lore' (I've seen this in other clues).
'about' indicates putting letters inside.
'hard' becomes 'h' (abbreviation used in pencil classifications).
'a'+'h'='ah'
'lore' enclosing 'ah' is 'LAHORE'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for lahore that I've seen before include "NE Pakistani city" , "Asian city" , "Pakistan's second city" , "Oh, real city of Pakistan" , "City in NE Pakistan" .)