It's a comfort to official getting to grips with story (6)
I believe the answer is:
relief
'it's a comfort' is the definition.
(relief is a kind of comfort)
'official getting to grips with story' is the wordplay.
'official' becomes 'ref' (match official in football, say).
'getting to grips with' is an insertion indicator.
'story' becomes 'lie' (I've seen this before).
'ref' placed around 'lie' is 'RELIEF'.
'to' is the link.
(Other definitions for relief that I've seen before include "Removal of distress" , "Cosmos" , "Alleviation or support" , "Lightening of a burden" , "Removal of stress" .)