It's a comfort to official catching story (6)
I believe the answer is:
relief
'it's a comfort' is the definition.
(relief is a kind of comfort)
'official catching story' is the wordplay.
'official' becomes 'ref' (match official in football, say).
'catching' indicates putting letters inside.
'story' becomes 'lie' (story can mean a fabrication).
'ref' going around 'lie' is 'RELIEF'.
'to' is the link.
(Other definitions for relief that I've seen before include "Sort of map" , "Solace" , "welfare" , "new person on duty" , "Removal of a burden" .)