One erected, say, outside the community centre (6)
I believe the answer is:
statue
'one erected' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'say outside the community centre' is the wordplay.
'say' becomes 'state' (synonyms).
'outside' indicates putting letters inside (some letters go outside others).
'centre' says to take the centre.
The middle letter of 'community' is 'u'.
'state' enclosing 'u' is 'STATUE'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for statue that I've seen before include "Eg, the Venus de Milo" , "A carved image or effigy" , "Sculptured likeness" , "Carved likeness" , "Three-dimensional representation" .)