Language brought about by hardest landings (8,7)
I believe the answer is:
standard english
'language' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are singular nouns.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I can't see?
'about by hardest landings' is the wordplay.
'about' indicates anagramming the letters.
'by' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'hardest' next to 'landings' is 'hardestlandings'.
'hardestlandings' anagrammed gives 'STANDARD ENGLISH'.
'brought' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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