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Newspaper, at the end of the day, follows standard on equality of pay (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

parity

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'equality of pay' is the definition.
'parity' can be an answer for 'equality' (parity is a kind of equality). I am not certain of the 'of pay' bit.

'newspaper at the end of the day follows standard' is the wordplay.
'newspaper' becomes 'i' (the i is a British newspaper).
'at the end of the day' becomes 'ty' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'follows' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'standard' becomes 'par' (standard of play in golf).
'i'+'ty'='ity'
'ity' put after 'par' is 'PARITY'.

'on' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for parity that I've seen before include "Egalitarian goal" , "state of equality" , "Correspondence" , "Equality in status" , "Equal status or pay" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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