Frank and Bill with yen for standing for office (9)
I believe the answer is:
candidacy
'standing for office' is the definition.
'candidacy' can be an answer for 'standing' (thesaurus). I am unsure of the 'for office' bit.
'frank and bill with yen' is the wordplay.
'frank' becomes 'candid' (synonyms).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'bill' becomes 'ac' (short for account).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'yen' becomes 'y'.
'candid'+'ac'+'y'='CANDIDACY'
'for' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for candidacy that I've seen before include "standing for election" , "The seeking of election" .)