### Clue: Rank outsiders from Ireland managed to overcome City earlier (6)
### Answer: RANCID 
 ### Explanation: Definition: Rank
 **The 1st and last letters of**(outsiders from) "Ireland" **placed below**(… earlier) [ RAN(managed, as in "ran an organization") **placed above**(to overcome, in a down clue) C(abbrev. for "City")].