Lack of maturity shown by staff in community organisation (5,4)
I believe the answer is:
youth club
'lack' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are singular nouns.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?
'maturity shown by staff in community organisation' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'maturity' could be 'youth' (youth is a kind of maturity) and 'youth' is found in the answer.
'community' could be 'club' (synonyms) and 'club' is located in the answer.
No letters remain.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'of' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for youth club that I've seen before include "Somewhere for kids" , "teen hangout" , "teen spot?" , "Place for young people" , "Place for kids" .)