Piece of writing for the Standard, say? (5)
I believe the answer is:
essay
'piece of writing' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'standard say?' is the wordplay.
'standard' becomes 'es' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'es'+'say'='ESSAY'
'for the' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for essay that I've seen before include "Endeavour" , "Old experiment" , "Try; a piece of writing" , "Short formal piece of writing" , "Scholarly work" .)