Fish getting caught after ten stand out (5)
I believe the answer is:
excel
'stand out' is the definition.
(I know that stand out can be written as excel)
'fish getting caught after ten' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'caught' could be 'c' (cricket abbreviation) and 'c' is present in the answer.
'ten' could be 'x' (Roman numeral) and 'x' is found within the answer.
'fish' could be 'eel' (eel is a type of fish) and 'eel' is located in the leftover letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for excel that I've seen before include "Do better than, give great performance" , "Top" , "Be superior to" , "well above average" , "Be outstanding" .)