Flag radical twirled in base? (8)
I believe the answer is:
standard
'base?' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'flag radical twirled in' is the wordplay.
'flag' becomes 'stand' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'radical' becomes 'rad'.
'twirled' shows that the letters should be reversed in order (I've seen 'twirling' mean this).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'rad' backwards is 'dar'.
'stand' going around 'dar' is 'STANDARD'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for standard that I've seen before include "some soldiers find bearable?" , "Typical, normal" , "Normal - colours" , "Established or accepted model" , "Normal; flag" .)