Common practice to get ourselves overtime (5)
I believe the answer is:
usage
'common practice' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'get ourselves overtime' is the wordplay.
'get' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'ourselves' becomes 'us'.
'overtime' becomes 'age' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'us' next to 'age' is 'USAGE'.
'to' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for usage that I've seen before include "Interest of old" , "Particular meaning of a word" , "Utilisation" , "Way of treating" , "Way of employing" .)